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Showing 37713780 of 34523 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6 janvier 1986

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-61

…fiers des tribunaux de commerce and the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle determines the exchange formats and the order in which documents are transmitted to the r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Falsifications

Article L451-6

…L 451-1 to L. 451-4 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, from holding a public office or carrying ou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

…tory of the executing State; 5° An obligation to report at specified times to a specific authority; 6° An obligation to avoid contact with certain persons connected with the offence or offences allege…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-6

…of preference shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings may, at th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…inistration likely to hold information relevant to the investigation, including, subject to Article 60-1-2, those from a computer system or processing of nominative data, to hand over this information…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-69

Crédit maritime mutuel is provided by four categories of credit institutions affiliated to the central body for savings banks and popular banks: 1. Regional caisses de crédit maritime mutuel ; 2. Unio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification of the conditions governing admission to the profession

Article R513-6

…e obligation to take out a professional indemnity insurance policy as referred to in article L. 512-6. It shall check in particular that this policy, where required, covers the activities of its membe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body with a view to their transfer for scientific use

Article R1243-64

…ending on the cases provided for in Article L. 1211-2, details of consent or absence of opposition; 6° The contact details of the transferees and details of their research activity; 7° The place of st…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R3123-6

In the case of part-time work, the credit of hours is reduced in proportion to the ratio between the working hours set out in the employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R4135-6

In the case of part-time work, the credit of hours is reduced in proportion to the ratio between the hours set out in the employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisio…

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