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Showing 36013610 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-9

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-3

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-7

The "equity risk" sub-module referred to in 4° of I of Article R. 352-6 calculated in accordance with the standard formula includes a symmetrical adjustment mechanism for the standard capital requirem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-14

…showing the outstanding loans guaranteed by the metropolitan authority as well as the repayment schedule;6° A list of public service delegatees;7° An appendix tracing all of the metropolitan authority…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-103-2

…the capital debt ;8° Expenditure for which the local authority is responsible in terms of national education;9° The local authority's contribution to the operating expenditure of the national institut…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-7

…the method of payment of the expenditure under the conditions laid down by the décret n° 2012-1246 du 7 novembre 2012 relatif à la gestion budgétaire et comptable publique.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-7

…difference between the ambient noise level, including the particular noise in question, and the residual noise level, made up of all the usual outdoor and indoor noises corresponding to normal occupat…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-7

…ublisher mentioned in the first paragraph of the same article L. 115-6 are included in the tax base due by this publisher and excluded from the tax base due by the person mentioned in the third paragr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article L212-7

The following projects are subject to authorisation:1° The creation of a multiple-screen cinema with more than 300 seats, resulting either from a new building or the conversion of an existing building…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-7

…ritorial jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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