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Showing 51415150 of 36396 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-1437 du 5 novembre 2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-5-3

…ation unit and steering committee may be set up by the public person mentioned in article L. 2224-7-5. In the case of an area covered by a water development and management plan, the local water commis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-5-1

…n III of Article L. 312-1 comprise :1° The basic services referred to in 1° to 8° of article D. 312-5;2° Cash deposits and withdrawals at the counter of the organisation holding the account;3° A payme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-5-2

…ater resources is the subject of a deliberation by the public person mentioned in article L. 2224-7-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R*1321-52

…r authorisation of the laboratories mentioned in II of Article R. 1321-48 and II of Article R. 1321-50 shall be sent to the Minister for Health.An order of the Minister for Health, issued after consul…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-52

As an exception to the second paragraph of article L. 225-136, for companies whose equity securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and insofar as the equity securities to be issued imm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-5

…trading on a regulated market in France with a denomination per unit on the issue date of at least €50,000 or, for debt securities denominated in a currency other than the euro, at least equivalent to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-5-1

…article L. 6133-7 of the Public Health Code, health cooperation groups; 3° The State, local public education establishments, local public agricultural education and vocational training establishments,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-5

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-1-5

…mutuelle and groupements d'assurance mutuelle as defined in article L. 322-1-3 and article L. 322-1-5 of the Insurance Code respectively;4° Other mutual, cooperative or joint management insurance bodi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-5

…ssionate prescribing framework drawn up by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé states in particular, for each medicinal product: 1° The ther…

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