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Showing 961970 of 70754 articles for Art. L 225-209-2 · Arts. R 225-160-1 to R 225-160-3

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-38-2

The conciliator shall send a copy of the report provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 611-7 to the debtor. The report is filed with the court registry. It is communicated by the registrar t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-3

The amount of State credits transferred to the regions under the second paragraph of Article L. 4332-1 is established, after receiving the opinion of the commission set up by article L. 1614-3, based…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Identification and verification of the identity of the beneficiary of life insurance or capitalisation contracts

Article R561-10-3

For the application of III of Article L. 561-5, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall identify and verify the identity of the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitali…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Leave of absence (R).

Article R2123-2

The provisions of Article R. 2123-1 are applicable, where they do not benefit from more favourable provisions, to civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service regulations, as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 3: Distribution of the solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-35

The total number of dwellings used to calculate the ratios referred to in 2° and 3° of II of article L. 2531-14 is equal to the number of items on the general housing tax roll, excluding non-attached…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Information and participation of residents (R).

Article R2541-3

The references made by articles R. 2142-1, R. 2142-3 and R. 2142-10 insofar as they refer to the legislative provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of this Part shall be understood as referring…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Relations between departments and companies (R)

Article R3241-3

In any department or departmental public establishment with more than 75,000 euros in operating revenue, the accounts mentioned in article R. 3241-1 are also examined by an audit commission, the compo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article R812-18-3

The trainee writes an internship report in which he or she describes the procedures in which he or she has participated and the actions he or she has taken, as well as an internship dissertation on an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article R*622-3-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 622-3-1, the filing is deemed to have been rejected.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-37-1

The overall activity of the pharmacy, as referred to in Article L. 5125-15 and taken into account to determine the required number of assistant pharmacists, is assessed by aggregating: 1° The total pr…

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