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Showing 18111820 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-8

I.- Article 6(2) of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article R626-64

…draft plan, the affected party, who voted against the draft plan and who intends to contest compliance with the condition provided for in 4° of Article L. 626-31 or the fifth or tenth paragraph of Art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-33

…irs or the spouse provides only part of the information requested by the insurer in its correspondence and the reply does not allow, due to the lack of sufficient information, to establish the offer o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-30

…n sub-section 1 of section 3 of Chapter I of Title IV of Book V of the Environmental Code" are replaced by the words: "within the framework of locally applicable regulations".IV. - All of the services…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-17

In the event of the issue of preference shares under the conditions provided for in article L. 228-12, the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall indicate the characteristics o…

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

Article R561-37-1

The TRACFIN department shall keep records to ensure traceability of: 1° Requests for information that it sends, pursuant toArticle L. 561-27, to the public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-14

…lts calculation sheet.This sheet and a table of budget outturns are drawn up by the authorising officer and approved by the accounting officer, who accompanies them either with the management account,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual obligations

Article L315-7

…early set out the conditions and the timeframe for redeeming electronic money units.If, by way of exception to Article L. 133-30 and within the framework of Article L. 133-31, charges following redemp…

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

Article L2123-32

When the local elected representatives mentioned in articles L. 2123-31 and L. 2123-33 are the victims of an accident occurring in the course of their duties, the public authorities concerned shall pa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-4

Unless an exception is authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel pursuant to article L. 341-4, the financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December of each year. By way of exception,…

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