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Showing 13711380 of 34523 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6 janvier 1986

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-18-1

When several territorial chambers of commerce and industry merge into a single chamber, the president of the new chamber may collect revenue and authorise expenditure under the conditions mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-18-1

After cremation, the ashes are pulverised and collected in a cinerary urn with a plaque on the outside bearing the identity of the deceased and the name of the crematorium.Pending a decision on the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-18-2

…icle L. 812-3, awarded by an institution accredited under the conditions provided for in article L. 613-1 of the Education Code, who can prove that they have completed a traineeship meeting the condit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 18

…y the following decisions are open to immediate appeal: - rejecting a request to be relieved of the duties of guardian, subrogated guardian or curator; - relieving a guardian, subrogated guardian or c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-5

…of the single chapter of Title II of Book VI. III. - The AMF shall put in place the necessary procedures to deal with complaints submitted to it when a person that has received the authorisation refe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-18-1

…organised by the Conseil des maisons de vente after receiving the opinion of the Conseil supérieur du notariat. Assistant notaries are admitted to this training. At the end of the training, the Conse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-18-3

The trainee writes an internship report in which he or she describes the procedures in which he or she has participated and the actions he or she has taken, as well as an internship dissertation on an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18-1

Subject to the provisions of article L. 4124-6 of this Code and articles L. 145-5-2 and L. 145-5-3 of the Social Security Code, only practitioners of French nationality or nationals of one of the Memb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-1

…ce means any transfer of a medical device that is neither new nor refurbished within the meaning of 6° of Article R. 5221-4. The second-hand resale of any in vitro diagnostic medical device on the lis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-18-4

…rise to the issue of a certificate drawn up by the trainee supervisor. This document certifies the duration of the traineeship and the performance by the trainee of all the legal and management acts…

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