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Showing 14211430 of 3970 articles for Art. CE 29 January 1982 n° 18058

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-47

The audited professional may ask a colleague of his choice to assist him during the audit. He may also ask the statutory auditor who carried out the audit of his accounts pursuant to article R. 814-29…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4113-80

The disciplinary penalty of deregistration, which has become final, pronounced against the company or against all the members, automatically entails the dissolution of the company and its liquidation…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-3

…seudonymous, anonymous or collective works, the term of the exclusive right is seventy years from 1 January of the calendar year following that in which the work was published. The date of publication…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…ditions in respect of the financial year during which these shares are allocated: 1° The company proceeds, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-5 and L. 22-10-59, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5213-1

Advertising to the public for a medical device : 1° Is designed in such a way that the advertising nature of the message is obvious and the product is clearly identified as a medical device;2° Specify…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-30

When the amount of the communal allowance exceeds the unit amount of the special grant as set by the local finance committee, the commune pays the difference directly to the schoolteacher concerned. N…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Costs of implementing secret cryptology agreements

Article R208

…of the judicial authorities under the conditions set out in II of Article 28 of Law no. 90-1170 of 29 December 1990 on the regulation of telecommunications, secret agreements for cryptology means or…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-30

…to the external packaging, in addition to the information mentioned in 4° to 7° of Article R. 2142-29: 1° "Gametes" or "germinal tissue", "fragile" and "do not irradiate"; 2° The date and time of dis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-89

For the application of article R. 5123-29 in Mayotte: 1° 6° is repealed; 2° The words: "of article R. 351-27 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "of article 12 of order no. 2002-41…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Derogations relating to direct allocations based on the production conditions of cinematographic works

Article 919-65

For direct grants awarded in 2023 in application of article 221-14, the ceiling on the total amount of grants awarded to a single distribution company, mentioned in article 221-15, is raised to €237,0…

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