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Showing 27212730 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Consultation with the social partners with a view to registering higher education diplomas awarded on behalf of the State

Article D6113-27

…ofessional Qualifications under I of article L. 6113-5 are subject to prior consultation in accordance with I of article L. 6113-3 in the following manner:1° National diplomas, diplomas conferring a u…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256 C

I.-Taxable persons who have in France the seat of their economic activity or a permanent establishment or, failing that, their domicile or habitual residence, with the exception of permanent establish…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-7-1-A

…strator may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-34

…quidator's discretion, within a period of between two and four months following the date of the notice.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Trainee foreign nationals

Article R426-16

Foreign nationals who come to France for one of the following reasons are considered as trainees for the purposes of obtaining a temporary residence permit bearing the word "stagiaire" (trainee) as pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-70

…scription or conversion rights and in the interests of unitholders, this limit may be temporarily exceeded. In this case, the management company will inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, the cu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-18

For the purposes of Article L. 312-2, issues of debt securities are treated as collections of repayable funds from the public when they comply with the following conditions and limits:1° These issues…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-33

An order of the Minister for Health made on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Director…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-42

…e swearing in and the lodging of the signature and initials of natural persons appointed to the office of clerk of the commercial court shall apply to the members of a company holding the office of cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

…keting authorisation for a medicinal product which is not covered by the marketing authorisation procedure issued by the European Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Par…

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