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Showing 401410 of 27713 articles for Art. Décret n° 2002-120 du 30 janvier 2002

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Audiovisual communication.

Article L4433-30

…ted to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique under Articles 29, 30 or 30-1 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, concern an overseas…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-16

…ergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations are governed by articles 30-17 to 30-21 below..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Economic weighting studies

Article A713-30

…tion technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the territorial chamber of commerce and industry of which the applicant is a national, or with the regional chamber of commerce and industry f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L2123-30

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected municipal officials continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they have been constitu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-30

Subject to the application ofArticle 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, information held by the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may not be used for purposes other than those provided fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-30

…the Articles of Association of limited liability companies formed after the publication of the loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises, the General Meeting may on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-30

…not exceed the threshold mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article 10 of the aforementioned law n° 2000-321.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-20

…e merger or demerger shall be lodged within thirty days of the last insertion prescribed by article 30-18. The competent court to receive objections lodged pursuant to these articles, in the context o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-30

…gricole S.A., the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, the Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-30

…ect to narcotics regulations for treatment lasting more than twenty-eight days.This period may be reduced for certain designated medicinal products by decision of the Director General of the Agence na…

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