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Showing 63516360 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-25

…their balance sheet and notes to the financial statements be made public under conditions set by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables. In this case, the simplified presentation need not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-17

I. - The individual entrepreneur with limited liability may sell for valuable consideration, transfer free of charge inter vivos or contribute to a company the entirety of his earmarked assets and tra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-6

…e and strengthening resilience to its effects or within a commercial activity zone delimited in the regulations of the inter-communal local urban planning plan that came into force before the publicat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L812-3

…nless he or she meets the following conditions: 1° Be French or a national of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area; 2° Not have b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L764-2

…the words: "work authorisation", the words: "in accordance with locally applicable legislation and regulations" are added; 5° In Article L. 733-15, the following paragraph is added: "Foreign national…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-4

…rage et de tourbage; 6° (Abrogated); 7° Le produit de la contribution spéciale imposée aux entrepreneurs ou propriétaires en cas de dégradation de la voie publique; 8° Le produit des permis de station…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

…der workers residing in France who do not meet the conditions for benefiting from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Director.

Article R1142-52

…may delegate his signature to his employees under the conditions laid down in the Office's internal regulations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1222-1

…ives of blood donor associations appointed on the recommendation of the Fédération française de donneurs de sang bénévoles;d) One representative of the Fédération hospitalière de France ;e) One repres…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-55

…This transfer gives rise to the drawing up of an agreement with this establishment. V.-The internal regulations of CCI France set out the procedures for the creation, composition and operation of the…

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