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Showing 92419250 of 12694 articles for Art. CAA Lyon 19-8-2021 n° 19LY01666

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article A441-4

I. - The calculations of the theoretical mathematical provision referred to in Article R. 441-21 and the distribution of rights referred to in Article R. 441-27 are carried out using the mortality tab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-21

The General Meeting which decides on the capital increase may provide for the free allocation of shares or other securities giving access to the capital. The total benefit resulting from this allocati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Board of Directors and Director.

Article L5322-2

The Director General of the Agency shall take, on behalf of the State, the decisions which, with regard to the products mentioned in Article L. 5311-1, fall within the competence of the Agency by virt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-12

The Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman sets the agenda for Committee meetings.Committee meetings are not public. They may be held for all or some of the members by telephone or audiovisual…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 12: The draft plan.

Article R631-34-1

When the public prosecutor requests, pursuant to Article L. 631-19-1, that the adoption of the plan be made subject to the replacement of one or more directors, it shall refer the matter to the court…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the purchasers

Article R2384-3

The presentation report shall also include, where applicable, the following information: 1° The reasons for using the award procedure without prior advertising or competitive tendering or the competit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-2

For application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In Articles L. 5461-2, L. 5461-2-1, L. 5461-4, L. 5461-9, L. 5462-2 and L. 5462-8, the provisions relating to the use of the European database on me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-3

The Board of Directors regulates the business of the institution through its deliberations. It deliberates in particular on:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-4

I. - When one of the plasmas mentioned in Article L. 1223-3 is the subject of a reassessment mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 1221-8-2, the Director General of the Agence nationale de s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and funding of the occupational prevention account

Article R4163-9

I.-For employees with a contract of employment lasting one calendar year or more, the declaration provided for in I of Article R. 4163-8 will result in the national management body entering a number o…

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