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Showing 641650 of 55426 articles for Art. Loi 2023-1059 of 20 November 2023 – justice programming law

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Bank.

Article R142-20

…legate his powers to the General Managers, Department Managers and Branch Managers, for the purpose of ensuring, in the departments or services under their authority, compliance with the legal, regula…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation Commission

Article R4123-20

The parties to the dispute are summoned to a meeting and heard by the member(s) of the commission to seek conciliation. A report of total or partial conciliation or a report of non-conciliation is dra…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances

Article R2193-20

…payment is established as soon as the purchaser notifies the contract or the special act. Repayment of this advance shall be deducted from the sums due to the subcontractor in accordance with the same…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-20

Annual accounts must comply with the principle of prudence. In drawing them up, the trader, whether a natural or legal person, is presumed to be continuing his business. Even if there is no or insuffi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20

…ss otherwise stipulated:1° The authorisation to telecast a work does not include the retransmission of that telecast, however the provider of the retransmission service obtains that work and whatever…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-209

A bulletin annexed to the Official Journal of the French Republic is hereby instituted under the title of Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.The Bulletin officiel des annonces civi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-20

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-20

The single annual payment referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 6241-2 is determined by deducting from the balance referred to in the first paragraph of the same II, where applicable: 1° The subsidies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-20

…elating to the processing mentioned in article R. 6351-13 is recorded, including the identification of the user, the date and the nature of the intervention in this processing. These records are kept…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-20

…rer invokes a legal or contractual guarantee exception, it is obliged to comply with the provisions of articles L. 211-9 to L. 211-17 on behalf of whom it may concern; the settlement reached may be co…

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