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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Accountant.

Article R6145-54-2

The provisions of article R. 1617-22 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales are applicable to public health establishments.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

…e no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-20 Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021 R. 2123-21 and R. 2123-22 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-22-1-A Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021 R. 2123-22-…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7

…this article and of the decree adopted for its application is deemed unwritten.The I of Article L. 225-100-1, article L. 225-102-1 and, for companies covered by chapter X of this title, articles L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-5

…ligations set out in the last paragraph of Article L. 214-42 as it read prior toOrder 2011-915 of 1 August 2011 relating to UCITS and the modernisation of the legal framework for asset management and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-8

…eproducing or imitating the emblem of the Third Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem, or the name of that e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4424-1

…4424-3.Article L. 4161-1 is applicable there in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Managing Director.

Article R518-2

…unt of his remuneration may not exceed the ceiling mentioned in article 3 of decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control of national public companies and certain bodies with an econom…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-187

…l emoluments are governed by sub-section 7 of this same section. The emoluments applicable until 31 August 2025 are those provided for in this section.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-7

Refugee status is refused or terminated in the following situations: 1° There are serious grounds for considering that the presence in France of the person concerned constitutes a serious threat to St…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56-1-1

When the requirements of an investigation or information concerning one of the crimes provided for in article 706-55 require it, the public prosecutor or, after receiving the opinion of this magistrat…

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