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Showing 52215230 of 16352 articles for Art. CE 29-6-2020 n° 434521

French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-5

…A 606: Non-stock purchases of materials and supplies A 607: Purchases of goods A 61: External services A 62: Other external services A 635: Other taxes, duties and similar payments (tax authorities)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-6

…d to the European Banking Authority.The above provisions shall apply where the proposed measures concern subsidiaries of the parent undertaking of the group which fall within the remit of the Autorité…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6-1

I. - The number and distribution of community councillor seats are established:1° Either in accordance with the procedures set out in II to VI of this article;2° Or, in communities of communes and agg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-6

I. - The Financial Public Prosecutor may not initiate public proceedings for the application of the penalties provided for in this section when the Autorité des marchés financiers has served a stateme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-4

…OUP 2Medical Operating Expenses6011 : Purchases of raw materials and supplies of a medical or pharmaceutical nature6021 : Pharmaceutical products and products for medical use6022 : Supplies, finished…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-6-1

The professional practice standard relating to the assessment of misstatements identified during the audit, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below:. NEP-450. ASSESSMENT OF ANOMALIES IDENT…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-6-1

In a cooperative constituted as a limited liability company, the manager(s) is (are) a natural person who is either a member in a personal capacity, or the chairman of the board of directors, the mana…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-6

…L. 724-7 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. To this end, they act, each insofar as they are concerned, in accordance with the rules for investigating and recording offences determined by the prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-69-1

…n average number of at least two hundred and fifty permanent employees and have net sales or a balance sheet total of at least 50 million euros. In these same companies, where the supervisory board ha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-6

…e sales, the author's proportional share of the revenue is calculated on the basis of the retail price excluding tax. In cases where the economic model implemented by the publisher for the exploitatio…

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