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Showing 10311040 of 27311 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-981 du 31 juillet 2015

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…pply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-4

…between hoteliers and online reservation platforms entered into prior to the publication of Law No. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 on growth, activity and equal economic opportunities cease to have effect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-9

…1 of this code. [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2015-717 DC of 6 August 2015.]

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-283

…ness in the trades and crafts sector under the derogation conditions provided for in the article 26 du décret n° 98-247 du 2 avril 1998 relatif à la qualification artisanale et au secteur des métiers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Special methods of collecting duties

Article 1723 ter

The duties payable on judicial decisions and deeds exempt from the formality of registration, as well as those relating to the deeds referred to in II of article 658, shall be recovered either in acco…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

In wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of less than or equal to 120 kg per day, the treatment mentioned in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-9

I.-Resources collected by institutions distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire and not centralised pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 221-5 are allocat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-4

…olding was acquired or the guarantees granted after 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 juillet 1983 relative aux sociétés d'économie mixte locales.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

…2018 L. 526-29 Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 526-30 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-31 Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 526-32 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-33 and L. 52…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-6

…e shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the fram…

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