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Showing 15211530 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10

…f the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority, in accordance with a procedure led by the president of this assembly. II.-The following are involved in drawing up the regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100

…may be.The statutory auditors, if any, give an account, in their report, of the performance of the duties assigned to them by articles L. 823-9, L. 823-10 and L. 823-11.The meeting deliberates and de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-1

…ercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of the ordonnance n° 45-174 du 2 février 1945 relative à l'enfance délinquante. Where they have jurisdiction to prosecute and in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-10

…fteen days prior to the said notification, at the domicile declared by them in their registrations. During this ten-day period, any registered creditor, whether or not his claim has fallen due, may su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions

Article L214-109

…f the said companies, taking into account the nature of their business, in accordance with the procedures laid down by a regulation of the French Accounting Standards Authority (Autorité des normes co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article L722-10

…the organisation for the defence of geographical indications and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its controls, detain goods li…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-10

…n. They comprise:1° An oral test on a subject relating to commercial law, civil and commercial procedure, the professional regulations governing commercial court clerks or the organisation and managem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Information on public water supplies

Article D1321-104

…munes is involved in water distribution. At this location, which is easily accessible to the public during normal opening hours, data relating to at least the last three years is kept directly availab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-10

…ally competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. The articles 63-1 to 63-7 are applicable during this period. After verifying the identity of the person claimed, the Public Prosecutor shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-10

…L. 526-14 of this code with the register 5.58 € 68 Notification to another register in the event of dual or secondary registration 6.69 69 Updating information contained in primary registrations to se…

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