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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article D229-13-1

For the purpose of registering the European Company formed by way of merger, each company taking part in the operation shall, in addition to the certificate referred to in the third paragraph of Artic…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-1-1

I.-Credit and payment institutions are required to use the following names:A.-List of the most representative services attached to a payment account :1° Subscription to remote banking services (intern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-10

The eight-year period referred to in Article L. 1415-7 corresponds to the maximum period of funding for a research project under a grant awarding act, when the clinical or fundamental research project…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-1

The constituent agreement of the National Cancer Institute is approved by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, research and health.In particular, it sets out the extent of the powers exe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article D6154-10-1

The fee referred to in Article L. 6154-3, payable to the establishment by self-employed practitioners, is set as a percentage of the fees they receive for this activity. However, fees received for exa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3313-11

If the beneficiary cannot be reached at the last address indicated by him/her, the sums to which he/she is entitled are held at his/her disposal by the company for a period of one year from the deadli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article D5122-15

I.-For the application of 3° of II of article L. 5122-3, the methods for calculating the indemnity and the allowance are determined according to the following rules: 1° For employees whose working hou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-16

When the beneficiary of the grant has not declared completion of the operation within four years of the date on which the start of execution was declared, the operation is deemed to have been complete…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article D5212-10

Multi-purpose intercommunal syndicates that do not meet the conditions defined in article D. 5212-9, may benefit from increased subsidies for their equipment operations insofar as these syndicates are…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-ministerial cooperation and exchanges of information relating to the fight against trafficking in doping substances or methods

Article D232-103

The communication of information between the officials mentioned in article L. 232-20 relates in particular to :- the calendar of competitions or sporting events ;- statistics on analyses carried out…

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