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Showing 35213530 of 33010 articles for Art. R 581-13

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-2

The fine provided for in Article 5 of the 131-13 of the French Penal Code for fifth-class offences shall be imposed if the chairman, director, chief executive or manager of a company issues securities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-14

Subject to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs below, the decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable fifteen days after their transmission to the Minister for Health, unless the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-14

A partial internal model shall be approved by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution only where it meets the requirements set out in Article R. 352-13 and the following conditions: a) It…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C: Travel and subsistence expenses

Article R138

The travel and subsistence allowances provided for in articles R. 133 et seq are granted to persons accompanying minors aged sixteen or witnesses who are ill or infirm under the conditions specified i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R415

Article R. 146 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 146.-When an assessor-judge is unable to meet his travel expenses, the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions of article R. 134."

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R330

Article R. 146 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 146.-When a juror is unable to meet the costs of his or her travel, the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions of article R. 134."

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R9

The members of the technical examination panels referred to in articles R. 7 and R. 8 are appointed by joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31-1

I. - Notwithstanding articles R. 214-24 and R. 214-26, a feeder UCITS may invest up to 100% of its assets in units or shares of a single master UCITS governed by French or foreign law and hold up to 1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-10

For the election of the members of the supervisory board of the policyholders' guarantee fund, each member company has a number of votes proportional to the share of its contributions in the total amo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-18

The information contained in the declaration referred to in article R. 1342-13 may only be used to respond to requests for information aimed at preventing the effects of the substances or mixtures con…

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