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Showing 29612970 of 57180 articles for Art. L 232-25 · Art. R 743-140

French Insurance CodeIn force
Common provisions.

Article R334-1

Public limited companies subject to the provisions of article L. 334-1 are exempt from the levy prescribed by article L. 232-10 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R743-139-22

Natural or legal persons practising as court-appointed administrators or judicial representatives may not hold, either directly or indirectly, shares or corporate units in a société de participations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20-2

Pôle emploi and the body responsible for managing unemployment insurance mentioned in Article L. 5427-1 provide the State services with all the information required to draw up the framework document m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions

Article L775-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R121-6

A multi-annual business contract is signed between the State and the public establishment in accordance with the provisions of article 140 of law no. 2001-420 of 15 May 2001 relating to new economic r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2342-12

The provisions of articles R. 2142-19 to R. 2142-25 apply.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2391-19

The provisions of articles R. 2191-23 to R. 2191-25 apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-29

At the request of the persons directly concerned by these documents, the professionals, services, establishments and bodies referred to in article L. 1111-25 may create a document containing personal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-43

Public or private health establishments that transport a body before committal and transfer a body to a funeral home must hold the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2223-23 on the sole basis of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article R162-7

Sums of a maintenance nature made available to the account holder pursuant to articles…

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