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Showing 32913300 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8

…equest of the founders or one of them. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3, without prejudice to the possibility of being appointed to carry out the missions provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audience measurement

Article L7343-8

In order to draw up the electoral list, the platforms referred to in Article L. 7342-1 shall transmit to the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi the data required to compile the e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-8

…wnership or retention enforceable against the collective proceedings and the provisions of articles L. 622-17 and L. 641-13, the amount of distributable assets is allocated in the following order: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1-1

…ements the principle of extended producer responsibility, provided for by the provisions of article L. 4211-2-1 and those of I of article L. 541-10 of the Environment Code, to which the producers of p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis WC

…entres or processing establishments receiving raw milk holding the approval provided for in Article L. 233-2 of the rural and maritime fishing code. The fee is based on the volume of raw milk introduc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-8

Failure by the sponsor to provide the investigators of chemical, pharmaceutical, biological, pharmacological or toxicological tests with the information required by law relating to the test, the medic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis N

…the case of contract slaughter, the fee is paid by the third-party slaughterer on behalf of the owner. This fee is also paid by any person who has wild game processed by a workshop that has received t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure applicable to employees with fixed-term employment contracts.

Article L2421-8

For the application of the protection provided for in the last paragraph of articles L. 2412-2, L. 2412-3, L. 2412-4, L. 2412-5, L. 2412-8, L. 2412-9 and L. 2412-13, the expiry of a fixed-term employm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article D623-30-1

The scale of fees for services rendered provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 623-16 is set by order of the ministers responsible for the budget and agriculture. This scale determines the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZI

…torial jurisdiction one or more of the establishments referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 321-1 of the Internal Security Code, in proportion to the gross gaming revenue of these establish…

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