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Showing 12411250 of 70794 articles for Art. R 143-1 à R 143-3 · Cass. com. 28 April 2004 · Cass. com. 20 October 1998 · Cass. com. 7 March 2000 · Cass. com. 25 February 2003 · Loi 2015-990 du 6 août 2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R515-25

The Agency's accounts are audited by two statutory auditors appointed in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 511-38, D. 511-8, D. 511-9 and D. 612-53 to R. 612-60. The statutory auditors are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect

Article R3132-20

In order to be included on the list of tourist areas referred to in article L. 3132-25, the areas must receive a significant additional population during certain periods of the year due to their natur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-25

No person may carry out an inspection if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in II of Article L. 500-1 of this Code.Before entrusting an assignment to one of the persons mentioned…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-20

The project manager or the service provider authorised to receive requests for payment must indicate the date of receipt or submission of the creditor's request for payment in the statement that he se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-20

The person placed under judicial supervision with a ban on approaching the victim and wearing an anti-seizure bracelet is notified of the following information: 1° The fitting of the bracelet incorpor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-3 (art. A212-195)

Aptitude test A.-"Underwater diving" section of the BP JEPS 1. Technical safety test. The technical safety test comprises four tests which take place in the following chronological order, each test be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-25

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency is informed by the representative appointed by the Director General of the National Union of Health Insurance Funds mentioned inarticle L. 182-2-1-1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VII: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area other than France

Article A370-3

For the application of article L. 370-3, the provisions governing the activity of the institution and which are indicated to the competent authorities of the State concerned are those, legislative and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-12

The processing may be linked to the processing of personal data known as APPI created by Article R. 57-4-1.It may also be linked to the national criminal record.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-6

Where the unit of account is a unit or share in an undertaking for collective investment, its main characteristics are as follows:1° Brief description: the name of the undertaking, its legal form and…

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