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Showing 20912100 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-14

…eneral meeting of each establishment shall vote each year, no later than 30 November of the year preceding that for which it is drawn up, on a preliminary budget which complies with the general princi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-39

Information relating to the investment and maintenance policy for concession networks includes: 1° The report on the network investment and development policy referred to in the third paragraph of I o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-26

…donia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer:1° Receives from the Banque de France the information it gathers under the provisions of Articles R. 131-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Repeal

Article D2261-13

In accordance with Articles L. 2261-24 to L. 2261-31, the Minister responsible for Labour may, at the request of one of the representative organisations concerned or on his own initiative: 1° Repeal t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-35

The Conseil national de pilotage des agences régionales de santé is responsible for controlling and monitoring the management of the fund. To this end, it receives, each year before 31 May, the report…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedures for issuing certificates

Article R3115-30

The results of inspections and copies of health inspection or health inspection exemption certificates issued on behalf of the State are kept for a period of five years by the persons or bodies mentio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-162

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq, subject to the provisions below. A copy of the declaration mentioned in article R. 814-160 is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article R3334-4

…2334-26, from the second paragraph of Article R. 2334-27 as well as Articles R. 2334-28 to R. 2334-31 are applicable to the share of the allocation to support departmental investment provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-1

…of the allocations paid as part of the overall operating allocation;2° The change in the retail price index between 1 January and 31 December of the previous financial year, as well as the forecasts…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-14

In a société d'exercice libéral de chirurgiens-dentistes, the direct or indirect holding of shares representing all or part of the share capital not held by the persons mentioned in the first paragrap…

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