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Showing 95519560 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-1

The police and gendarmerie units may, ex officio or on the instructions of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge, apprehend any convicted person for whom the second paragraph of arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R1432-134

The National Consultative Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure. These set out the operating procedures for the performance of its duties.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-4

…ducts of the local authority, the local authority's public establishments and any public body resulting from an agreement between the local authority and any other public authority or public establish…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Companies for the development of industry, commerce and agriculture and their adaptation to the European Community

Article 143 quater

Distributions of profits made by companies that have entered into an agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance in accordance with the provisions of l'ordonnance n° 59-248 du 4 février 195…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contracts for the purchase of one or more existing artistic works

Article R2372-14

The provisions of articles R. 2172-15 and R. 2172-16 apply.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

I. Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the contribution to a company subject to a real taxation system of a sole propri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: College of supervisors

Article R613-1

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall chair and organise meetings of colleges of supervisors on the basis of the relevance of the supervisory activity to be planned or coordinated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Election of judicial administrators who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires (National Commission for the Registration and Discipline of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives)

Article A811-1

The regulations setting the conditions for the election of judicial administrators elected to the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-1

In addition to the Chairman, the Board of Directors comprises: 1° A college made up of six members representing the State: a) The Director General of Labour or his representative; b) The Director Gene…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-13

I.-The persons authorised to access the "Gamete and Embryo Donation Register" for the purposes of consulting, recording and modifying data are: 1° Professionals from the health organisations or establ…

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