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Showing 18111820 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-6-1

…appropriate, undertaken to pay compensation for the damage caused by the criminal offence or misconduct, that he or she has fully clarified the facts or circumstances by actively collaborating with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-129-6

Any decision to increase the share capital through a cash contribution, unless it results from the prior issue of securities giving access to the share capital, requires the Extraordinary General Meet…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-1

An order freezing property is an order issued by a judicial authority of a Member State of the European Union, known as the issuing State, in order to prevent the destruction, transformation, movement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-6-1

…charged to the corresponding invoice for the purchase of electronic tickets.The value of each individual payment transaction may not exceed €50.The cumulative monthly value of payment transactions for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-6-1

…the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or of the thing that is the product of the offence, in accordance with the conditions set out in 8° of article 131-39 of the same c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions

Article L6213-6-1

…lon, a decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down specific arrangements for the accreditation procedure, provided for in Article L. 6221-1, for medical biology laboratories, in compliance with qualit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retirement savings plans

Article R224-6-1

…ted contracts, regardless of when they were opened, relating to the following retirement savings products:1° The products mentioned in 1° to 7° of I of article L. 224-40 ; 2° Retirement savings produc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R712-6-1

…of Article L. 711-16 are transmitted to the supervisory minister of the chambers of commerce and industry, as soon as they are signed, by CCI France. Approval is tacitly acquired on expiry of a perio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-6

When the number of full or partner commercial court clerks practising within the office falls below half the number of salaried commercial court clerks, the office holder has a period of one year to c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R3551-6-12

Command of rescue operations is the responsibility, under the authority of the prefect or mayor acting within their respective police powers, of the director of the Mayotte fire and rescue service or,…

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