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Showing 52415250 of 10563 articles for Art. CE 27-9-2006 n° 285279

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L912-3

…"as well as by the employees of a société coopérative de production within the meaning of the loi n° 78-763 du 19 juillet 1978 portant statut de sociétés coopératives de production" are deleted.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

I. - In each department, based on an assessment of the coherence of the perimeters and an inventory of the distribution of the competences of the existing groupings and their exercise, a departmental…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Partial final settlement

Article R2391-20

The provisions of articles R. 2191-26, R. 2191-27, R. 2191-29 and R. 2191-31 apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions

Article L785-5

Article L. 615-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended byOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article R775-26

Article R. 544-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-25

…is appointment, a director does not own the required number of shares or if, during his term of office, he ceases to own them, he shall be deemed to have resigned automatically if he has not rectified…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising establishments performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-33

Establishments authorised in application of article R. 2131-27 keep information relating to diagnoses carried out under conditions that guarantee confidentiality.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-33

With the exception of the procedures and formalities required for access to and the exercise of regulated activities, any company complies with the obligation to declare its creation, the modification…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289-0

…The invoicing rules provided for in Article 289 apply to transactions deemed to be located in France pursuant to Articles 258 to 259 D, excluding those carried out by a taxable person who has establ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-20

…824-15, conclude cooperation agreements with authorities of non-EU Member States exercising competences similar to its own and which have been recognised by the Commission as meeting the adequacy crit…

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