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Showing 50115020 of 8039 articles for Art. CE 29-12-2020 n° 428306

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.

Article R811-8

Holders of the Diplôme d'études comptables supérieures previously governed by Decree no. 81-537 of 12 May 1981 relating to the Diplôme d'études comptables supérieures are considered, for the purposes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conduct of the treatment order.

Article R3711-19

During the course of the care order, the person may ask the coordinating doctor to change the attending doctor. The coordinating doctor informs the initially designated attending doctor. The provision…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for granting compensation.

Article D5424-13

The compensation limit provided for in Article L. 5424-12 is set at three quarters of the salary. The maximum number of hours that can be compensated is set at nine hours per day up to a maximum of fo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-26

Where the consumer is equipped with a metering device that can be read remotely and as defined in the first paragraphs of articles L. 341-4 et L. 453-7 of the Energy Code, the electricity or natural g…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article D561-33

…ached to the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Budget and is responsible for : 1° Receive and process, under the conditions provided for by the legislation in force, the declarations p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14-1

…s linked to the exercise of the mandate. III. - The provisions of this article apply without prejudice to articles L. 5211-4-2, L. 5214-16-1, L. 5215-27, L. 5216-7-1 and L. 5217-7.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Criminal provisions

Article L773-49

…hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 573-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 573-1-1 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 573-2 law no. 2003-7…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Criminal provisions

Article L774-49

…ht-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 573-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 573-1-1 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 573-2 Order no. 2003…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-42

…06 of 1 August 2003 L. 573-11 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 573-12 order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 573-13 and L. 573-14 Order no. 2014-559 of 30 May 2014 L. 573-15 Ordinance no. 2021-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R2123-22-1-B

…7227-12-1 of this code and article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonian Municipalities Code may not exceed the amount set by the order mentioned in 2° of article R. 1621-7 of this code.When they do not…

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