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Showing 28212830 of 45696 articles for Art. CE 2-12-2022 n° 460100

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-26-2

The request referred to in the third sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 611-7 is accompanied by the following: 1° The request for notice sent to the participating creditors, which reproduce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and implementation of prenatal diagnosis

Article R2131-2-2

…inister for Health shall determine by order : 1° On a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, the recommendations for good practice relating to access, care for pregnant wo…

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In force

Article Annexe 2-2

…n, amortisation and provisions.e) Amount of profits distributed (1).III. - Result of operations reduced to one share (2):a) Profit after tax, but before depreciation, amortisation and provisions.b) Pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2377

…ng remuneration and indemnities:the remuneration, for the last six months, of employees and apprentices; the deferred salary, for the year due and for the current year, instituted by the article L. 32…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-2

…ging a complaint online is only an option and that he or she retains the option of going to the police station or gendarmerie brigade of his or her choice to lodge a complaint, in accordance with the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-20

Subject to this subsection, the City of Paris is subject to Book III of Parts Two and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 207

…ns, whatever their legal form, and their unions for their activities relating to the study and defence of the rights and collective material or moral interests of their members or the persons they rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-2-2

…appoint at least one statutory auditor when the entity they form with the companies they control exceeds the thresholds set by decree for two of the following three criteria: the cumulative total of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-2

…the quality, safety and appropriateness of care, as well as the conditions under which users are received and treated. The Chairman of the Group Medical Commission keeps the Commission regularly info…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 created after the promulgation of law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000 inhabitants or more and which meet…

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