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Showing 52415250 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-106

…cle R. 4451-57 of the Labour Code;2° The criteria mentioned in e of point 3 of Annex VII of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 are met.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for registration

Article D7342-6

…with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC. This data, held by the electronic contact platform referred to in Article L. 734…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638 quater

I. - In the event of the voluntary attachment of a commune to a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation subject to Article 1609 nonies C or following a transformation under the conditions p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-1

The purpose of retailer co-operatives is to improve, through the joint efforts of their members, the conditions under which their members carry out their commercial activities. To this end, they may i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3

…n relation to the object exploited; > In other cases provided for in Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Directive, the performer's contribution may not be used for any purpose other than that for which it…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Provisions applicable to employees seconded abroad and to certain seagoing personnel

Article 81 A

I. - Persons domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who are employed and sent by an employer to a State other than France and that of the place of establishment of that employer may ben…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-7

I. - The prohibitions defined in article L. 511-5 do not prevent a company, whatever its nature, from : 1. In the course of its business, grant its contractors payment deadlines or advances; 2. Enter…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53-1

I. - The Board of Directors determines the direction of the company's business and oversees its implementation. Subject to the powers expressly attributed to the General Meeting and within the limits…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

Assistance from the compensation fund is granted:1° When the interruption in the filming of a cinematographic or audiovisual work is the direct result of one of the following events:a) One or more per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction specific to certain commercial courts

Article L721-8

Specifically designated commercial courts hear, where the debtor is engaged in a commercial or craft activity:1° Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings referred to in Book VI,…

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