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Showing 301310 of 36886 articles for Art. L 228-40

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-40

…n payment either an ordinary cheque, a mandate to transfer funds to the Banque de France, or a postal cheque, the cheque or mandate must indicate the number and maturity of the instruments thus paid.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Expertise

Article L512-40

When the authorised agents establish an offence by means of a report based on tests or analyses, they will forward the State laboratory report to the alleged offender and inform him that he has a peri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: The State representative

Article L4422-40

The representative of the State in the territorial collectivity of Corsica alone is authorised to speak on behalf of the State before the bodies of the territorial collectivity of Corsica. By agreemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the account and payment of training costs

Article L6323-40

If accepted by the work assistance establishment or service, the disabled worker will continue to receive his guaranteed remuneration for the duration of the training and will continue to be covered b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-40

For companies with fewer than eleven employees, the BTP Prévoyance fund collects the contribution earmarked for the Comité de Concertation et de Coordination de l'Apprentissage du Bâtiment et des Trav…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40

The perimeter of the conurbation in which the urban community exercises its powers may subsequently be extended, by order of the State representative in the département, by the addition of new commune…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Notifications

Article L613-40-2

The resolution college shall notify the supervisory college and, where applicable, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned of the plans it has drawn up or updated pursuant to Articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-40-1

Agreements entered into and authorised during previous financial years, the performance of which continued during the last financial year, are examined each year by the Board of Directors and communic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40

The Public Prosecutor receives complaints and denunciations and assesses the action to be taken on them in accordance with the provisions of article 40-1.Any constituted authority, any public officer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to preventive group resolution plans

Article L613-40-1

I. - When a matter is referred to it by the consolidated resolution authority of another Member State of the European Union as the resolution authority of a subsidiary belonging to a group for the pur…

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