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Showing 411420 of 20783 articles for Art. CE 17-5-1999 n° 188870

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-17

…of Article L. 822-1. This list includes the information mentioned in article R. 822-14, with the exception of the indication of the regional company to which it is attached. The application for regis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Credit and property formalities

Article A444-171

The services listed under numbers 182 to 195 of Table 5 give rise to the collection of the following fees: Service number the service (table 5) of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 182…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Early repayment

Article L315-17

…vided for in article L. 315-16, the lender is entitled to demand compensation which, without prejudice to the application of article 1231-5 of the Civil Code, exceed an amount which, depending on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R7232-17

…ole trader and the address of their secondary establishments; 3° An indication of the personal services activities proposed; 4° An undertaking by the legal representative of the legal entity or sole t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-17

…rial Council fails to authorise a compulsory expenditure within one month of being given formal notice to do so by the representative of the State, the latter shall proceed to do so automatically. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Obligations of the recipient organisation

Article R1221-17

The body referred to in Article R. 1221-3 sends Pôle emploi the following information from the pre-employment declaration: 1° The employer's identification details ; 2° The employee's national identif…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 B

1. The management company of a fonds commun de placement à risques or of a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or the manager of a société de libre partenariat which has included in the decl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-17

The notice is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the claimant, to the Office and to the professional, the establishment, the centre, the health organisation, the producer, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and classification

Article R2324-17

I.- Non-permanent childcare establishments and services for young children operate within the framework set out in II of article L. 214-1-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles. With the he…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

…the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with articles 123-3 to 123-5.For other cinematographic establishments, the total amount of aid is…

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