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Showing 17511760 of 3970 articles for Art. CE 29 January 1982 n° 18058

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R814-143

Except in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 814-99, the professional non-trading company is dissolved ipso jure by notification to the company of the simultaneous requests fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-130

The period provided for in the second paragraph of article 24 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 for the transfer of the deceased partner's shares is set at one year from the date of death. It may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-91

The period provided for by the second paragraph of Article 24 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 for the transfer of the shares of a deceased partner is set at one year from the death of the partne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Other control systems

Article R4451-135

…employer shall make available to the radiation protection inspectors referred to in Article L. 1333-29 of the Public Health Code, to the agents referred to in Article L. 1333-30 of the same Code and t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-8-1

…sing improvement projects, the representative of the State in the département will require owners receiving subsidies for work to remove insalubrities to carry out a lead exposure risk assessment as r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-6

For the processing mentioned in articles 65 and 72 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, the provision of data from the components of the na…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-8

Notwithstanding article 212-42, for aid applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021, production companies eligible to apply for programme aid may submit up to six projects simultane…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-34

Without prejudice to the application of Article 44 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, the Director General of the National Police and the Director General of the National Gendarmerie shall jointly re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-2

…enue titles. However, this period includes an additional period which extends until the last day of January of the following year. This paragraph does not apply to operations relating solely to the in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-37

…22, 24 and 26 of Decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of Law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Title IX of Book III of the Civil Code, the company is exempt from publishing…

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