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Showing 12111220 of 39290 articles for Art. CE 7-3-2016 n° 371435

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-7

…d of under the conditions of ordinary law. When an asset belonging to the public establishment is necessary for the proper performance of its public service missions or for the development of these mi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R430-7

…red to in Article L. 430-5 shall be notified to the author or authors of the notification of the concentration referred to in Article L. 430-3, as well as to the Minister responsible for the economy.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6145-75

University hospital centres may create subsidiaries whose corporate purpose falls within the scope defined by article L. 6145-7 and concerns: 1° Abroad, training, audit, consultancy and participation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-19

Where the criminal court considers refusing to enforce a confiscation order on the basis of one of the grounds referred to in 1°, 3° and 7° of article 713-20 or article 713-22, it shall, before taking…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-7

…are capital of an industrial property consultancy mentioned in Article L. 422-7 (b) may, in accordance with Article L. 423-2 (e), be only 25% owned by an industrial property attorney, provided that th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-15-1

If, at the end of the summons, an adjustment measure or conversion of the sentence seems possible and if the person concerned agrees, the sentence enforcement judge shall order this measure or convers…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-17-1

When a conviction mentioned in Article 723-15 has not been enforced within three years of the date on which it became final, the sentenced person is summoned to appear before the sentence enforcement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-15-2

If the sentenced person does not wish to benefit from an adjustment or conversion of his sentence or if, in the light of the reasoned report from the prison integration and probation service, such an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: LOCAL SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES

Article D1524-7

…alling its history, its corporate purpose, its areas of activity, the address of its registered office, the number of its employees, the breakdown of its capital, the organisation of its governance, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-75

The management company is liable to third parties or unitholders either for breaches of the legislative or regulatory provisions applicable to real estate investment funds, or for breaches of the fund…

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