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Showing 13311340 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-30

…cle 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, information held by the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may not be used for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter. Disclosure of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Closure decisions.

Article L3132-30

The closure provided for in article L. 3132-29 does not apply to exhibitors' stands at exhibitions, fairs or shows included on a list determined, after consultation with the employers' and employees'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement

Article L7227-30

…he Martinique Assembly and members of the Executive Council other than those referred to in Article L. 7227-29 may set up an annuity pension scheme in the management of which the affiliated elected re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIIa: Appeal to the Court of Cassation

Article 897-1-A

The time limit for lodging an appeal provided for in the first paragraph of article 568 is extended to one month if the applicant in cassation resides outside the island where the court that handed do…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-8

…d committees or working groups, i.e. they perform the duties of chairman, vice-chairman or rapporteur. Mere physical presence at the various meetings of these committees or working groups cannot be ta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-8

No later than the end of the month following the examination, the Chairman convenes a meeting of the Examining Board to allocate the papers to the markers. He sets the date by which the marked papers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-30

…competent to record by official report the offences provided for by the decree mentioned in Article L. 123-31: 1° The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 2° of Article 21 of the Code of Crimi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies A

The gross monthly salary and the residence allowance received by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the other members of the Government pursuant to I of article 14 of the amending f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-8

…the Electoral Code are applicable to the vote count and results proclamation operations: 1° Article R. 63 relating to the organisation of the count; 2° Article R. 64 relating to the role of scrutineer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Councils for culture, education and the environment (R).

Article R4432-8

The tables set out in Annex XV to this code determine, for each region, the bodies represented on the council for culture, education and the environment, as well as the number and procedures for appoi…

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