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Showing 441450 of 27713 articles for Art. Décret n° 2002-120 du 30 janvier 2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-30

…cle 73 of the French Constitution. The toilet facilities must be connected to a collective or individual sanitation system to ensure that there is no risk of pollution from backflow and that no odours…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-30

…ims are not affected by the plan. V.-The administrator shall submit to each affected party the procedures for dividing into classes and calculating the votes corresponding to the affected claims or ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-30

If the cheque-writing ban suspended pursuant to article L. 643-12 of the French Commercial Code is reinstated, the order referred to in article 154-2 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 on the j…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…e identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products; 2° The provisions of Articles 1r to 5c and paragraph 3 of Article 6 of Commission Regulation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article L621-30

Appeals against individual decisions of the Autorité des marchés financiers, other than those relating to the persons and entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9, including the penalties impose…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30

…in particular in the form of a capital guarantee, preferential rates or priority access to goods produced or services rendered by the company, and which are issued by companies having their registered…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Administration and guardianship

Article R721-30

The Supervisory Board meets at least twice a year, and as often as necessary, when convened by its Chairman, either at the latter's initiative or at the request of half of its members.The Chairman may…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

I. - To finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Basis, rates and exemptions for tourist tax.

Article L2333-30

…00 4-star tourist hotels, 4-star tourist residences, 4-star furnished tourist accommodation 0.70 2.30 3-star tourist hotels, 3-star tourist residences, 3-star furnished tourist accommodation 0.50 1.5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Withdrawal of communes

Article L5842-30-1

…the right-hand column of the same table. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5216-11 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 .

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