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Showing 49014910 of 34794 articles for Art. III bis

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-255

…opening of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Titles III and IV of Book VI relating to the receivership and compulsory liquidation of companies, the pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-7

A person hospitalised in application of chapters II and III of the present code orarticle 706-135 of the code of criminal procedure in a care establishment retains the domicile that was his prior to h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-10

The companies referred to in 1° of III of article L. 310-1-1 incorporated as sociétés anonymes must have share capital, excluding contributions in kind, of at least 800,000 euros. Prior to incorporati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-89

…3 July 1978 relating to the application of law no. 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Title IX of Book III of the Civil Code.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Title VII: Salary funds.

Article L471-1

Collective agreements concluded in application of Title III of Book I may provide for the creation of employee funds to finance productive investments or operations aimed at reducing working hours and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-90-1

The Etablissement public de santé de Fresnes is subject to the provisions of titles I and III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management, with th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R125-5

…ent of the letter or message transmitted electronically, under the conditions provided for in 3° of III of Article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Title II: CHOICE OF PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE

Article L2120-1

…Or in accordance with an adapted procedure, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Chapter III ; 3° Or in accordance with a formalised procedure, in accordance with the conditions laid down i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-9-1

Each territorial council is made up of a number of councillors determined pursuant to III and IV of article L. 5211-6-1.In each commune, the metropolitan councillor or councillors of the commune are d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R2334-2-1

Indexation to the rate of change in the lump-sum allocation, mentioned in the fourth paragraph of III of article L. 2334-7, of the credits received in 2014 pursuant to I of D of the article 44 de la l…

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