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Showing 14311440 of 46416 articles for Art. CE 10-2-2017 n° 387960

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-10

…as a mission to pursue in the course of its business; 3° Its Articles of Association specify the procedures for monitoring the performance of the mission mentioned in 2°. These procedures provide that…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-10

…ant who has not complied with the time limits mentioned in Article L. 712-2, and who provides evidence of an impediment that is not attributable to his will, fault or negligence, may, under conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1048 ter

…122-17 to L. 2122-19 of the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons or Article 13 of Ordinance No. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004 on partnership contracts, or by local authorities, their groupings o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article 529-10

When the fixed fine notice concerning one of the offences mentioned in article L. 121-3 of the Highway Code has been sent to the holder of the registration certificate or to the persons referred to in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-10

…the period during which the commitments covered by this chapter may not be surrendered; 5° The procedures for unwinding the investment at maturity referred to in article R. 134-6. II - The following…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and certain States

Article 695-10

The provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter II shall apply to requests for mutual assistance between France and the other States party to any convention containing stipulations similar to those of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Content of the framework document

Article R5422-10

…erred to in Article L. 5422-20-1 includes: 1° Financial trajectory objectives, expressed in accordance with national accounting conventions; 2° The timeframe within which negotiations must be conclude…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Managing pharmacists

Article R5126-103

Whatever the cause and duration of the absence of the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy for internal use, his replacement may not exceed one year. This replacement is carried out by a pharmacist co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article D2223-100

…ea reserved for families and a technical area reserved for professionals. It is designed in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 112-2 of the Construction and Housing Code. The public area of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R937-10

…listed in tables 2 to 6 of the Annex 7-5 of Book VII give rise to the collection of a fee for services rendered by the revenue office set up at the registry of the Noumea court of first instance at t…

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