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Showing 23412350 of 3905 articles for Art. Min. éco. 19 Jul 2018 NOR: ECOC1822241S

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article R2223-58

…g a body before committal or transporting a body after committal, as referred to in article L. 2223-19, must produce proof that the vehicle or vehicles used to carry out any of these services comply w…

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

Article R812-11

…or conducting the aptitude test for judicial representatives is that provided for in Article R. 811-19. However, the two judicial administrators are replaced by two judicial representatives appointed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 ter

…ively for their employees, under the conditions laid down by Articles 35 to 44 of Law no. 78-763 du 19 juillet 1978 portant statut de ces sociétés.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-4

Articles L. 626-2 to L. 626-5, L. 626-12 and L. 626-16 to L. 626-19 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to any person with direct or indirect authority to bind an insurance undertaking, inclu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D14-1

…lay, in particular by forwarding the reports of these judicial police officers, pursuant to article 19.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article R1238-2

…y of the redundancy or redundancies decided upon, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 1233-19 or without including in this information the information provided for in article D. 1233-3, is pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employers' group made up of private-sector members and local authorities

Article R1253-43

…collective agreement, that agreement shall apply to the grouping set up pursuant to article L. 1253-19. Otherwise, all members choose the collective agreement they wish the grouping to apply, subject…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-10

…nt surpluses distributed among employees in application of article 33° of the aforementioned law of 19 July 1978 may be allocated in whole or in part to the constitution of the special profit-sharing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…olumn of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27

It may be stipulated in the Articles of Association that, in addition to the directors whose number and method of appointment are provided for in Articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-18, directors elected ei…

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