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Showing 15711580 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-10

I. - Corsica's sustainable planning and development plan is a regional ecological coherence scheme within the meaning of article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-10

…es and is made up of the sum of two fractions: 1° Up to 77% of the amount of the allocation after deduction of the quotas provided for in Ia, the first fraction is calculated as follows: > a) Up to 40…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-25

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the supervisory board shall determine, if it so wishes, the remuneration of its chairman and vice-chairman elected pursuant to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-10

…property or right for mixed use, the 40% limit provided for in II applies to the portion of the fee due in respect of this service for the part of the total surface area intended, according to the cas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article R121-10

…ly 1983.Each director may obtain the information and documents necessary for the performance of his duties.II. - Meetings of the Board of Directors are chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Director…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-7-1

Where the provisions of Article 132-26 du code pénal, the sentence enforcement judge shall determine the terms and conditions for the implementation of home detention under electronic surveillance by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-10

…6221-4 shall be sent by the medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area to the Minister responsible f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R*651-10

The competent authority in the cases provided for in article R.* 632-2 is the State representative.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-10

…1612-15 ; 4° Decisions relating to changes to the initial conditions of composition, operation and duration of the public establishment of inter-communal cooperation; 5° The membership of the establi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-10

In addition to the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, at the written request of the holder of a copyright or related right, accompanied by proof of his r…

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