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Showing 75217530 of 9202 articles for Art. Commission européenne M.5449

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Consolidated publication systems

Article D549-5

I. - In application of I of Article L. 549-15, the consolidated publication system referred to in the same article makes public the information mentioned in Article D. 549-4. It also makes public the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Allocation of seats

Article R2344-1

The number of seats on the special negotiating body and the European works council set up in the absence of an agreement for each of the States mentioned in Article L. 2341-1 is set according to the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1413-20

The Scientific Advisory Board is responsible for : 1° To give an opinion on the Agency's research, expertise and study guidelines and on its scientific partnership and programming policy; 2° To assist…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration on the list of statutory auditors

Article R822-4

Where the candidate for registration holds a chartered accountancy diploma, at least two-thirds of the training period provided for in Article 67 of Decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012 relating to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-16

The statutory audit firms mentioned in article L. 822-1-4 file or send, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, an application for registration with the Haut conseil du commissariat aux…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-7

The written eligibility tests comprise: 1° A three-hour test on the national law of companies in difficulty. The mark is assigned a coefficient of 6. 2° A test lasting three hours consisting of the re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-72

The labelling and, where appropriate, the package leaflet of the homeopathic veterinary medicinal products referred to in article L. 5141-9 must bear the following information exclusively: 1° The very…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-15

The suspension, which may not exceed one year, and the withdrawal of the authorisation to open, provided for in article L. 5142-2, are decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécuri…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R155-2

…to the court of first instance; 2° References to the prefect are replaced by reference to the high commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia; 3° References to the agents and departments of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-6

In order to facilitate the recording of criminal offences, the gathering of evidence relating to these offences and the search for the perpetrators, the national police and national gendarmerie servic…

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