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Showing 111120 of 69156 articles for Art. L 151-1 et seq. and L 152-6

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

Article R214-151

The inventory and the annual accounts are made available to the statutory auditors within one month of the end of the financial year. The management report shall be made available to them within forty…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Permanent rules

Article 1510

The assessment rates decided either by the tax department in agreement with the communal commission or, in the absence of such agreement, by the departmental commission provided for in article 1651, a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-152

A special test designed to assess the candidate's knowledge is organised during a forty-hour orientation and selection course. This course should enable the team of trainers to assess the trainee's te…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-151

The costing committee responsible for proposing the amount of aid is made up of one of the co-chairmen of each commission. For each project, the co-chair of the relevant committee has the casting vote…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-152

No recruitment may take place before the date on which the agreement is signed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Awards rendered in France

Article 1519

An action for annulment shall be brought before the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the award was made. This appeal is admissible as soon as the award is made. It shall cease to be admissibl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Awards rendered in France

Article 1518

An award rendered in France in international arbitration may only be the subject of an action for annulment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Arbitration proceedings and awards

Article 1512

The arbitral tribunal shall decide in amiable composition if the parties have entrusted it with this task.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Arbitration proceedings and awards

Article 1513

If the arbitration agreement is silent, the award shall be made by a majority of votes. It shall be signed by all the arbitrators. However, if a minority of them refuse to sign it, the others shall me…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Arbitration proceedings and awards

Article 1510

Whichever procedure is chosen, the arbitral tribunal guarantees the equality of the parties and respects the principle of contradiction.

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