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Showing 18311840 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre

Article R114-11

The centres are managed by a director assisted by one or more deputy directors, appointed under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 114-11 and decree no. 2015-633 of 5 June 20…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

…ming to be supporters of a team or behaving as such at the site of a sporting event and whose presence is likely to cause serious disturbance to public order.The order sets out the duration of the mea…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-11

…of each supplementary occupational pension fund mentioned in Article L. 381-1, in respect of insurance, capitalisation or supplementary occupational pension commitments falling within categories 1 to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation prior to disciplinary action

Article R4443-11

…For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia: 1° In all provisions, the words: "of the central or regional council" are replaced by the words: "of the body of the pharmacists' association…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-5

…applicant who requests, pursuant to the 6° of article 515-11 of the Civil Code, authorisation to conceal his domicile or residence is exempt from indicating the address in his document instituting pro…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-2

The representative of the State in the département or, in Paris, the Préfet de Police may, by decree, restrict the freedom of movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as suc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-111

…f each partner;2° The duration for which the company is formed;3° The address of the registered office;4° The nature and separate valuation of each of the contributions made by the partners;5° The amo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A quater

…the deliberations applicable from the following year with regard to council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not allocated to the main dwelling and property taxes throughout th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-11

The closure of the professional recovery procedure entails the wiping out of debts with regard to creditors whose claim arose prior to the judgment opening the procedure, was brought to the attention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-166-5

…eclaration provided for in article R. 123-166-4. When the direct debit company is the subject of proceedings before the Commission nationale des sanctions instituted in article L. 561-38 of the Moneta…

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