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Showing 35413550 of 59948 articles for Art. R. 612-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-16

When, in the context of cooperation with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union exercising powers similar to its own or with the European authorities mentioned in 9° of I of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-19

I. - When the High Council concludes that acts contrary to the statute governing statutory auditors or to the rules governing the practice of statutory auditing have been committed on the territory of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-16

I - The financial indices mentioned in article R. 214-15 meet the following conditions:1° Their composition is sufficiently diversified, in the sense that the following criteria are met:a) The index i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of business.

Article R4731-12

…lay by the labour inspection officer mentioned in article L. 8112-1 in the forms defined in article R. 4731-10.

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

Article R24-19

…r the same period in accordance with the procedures set out in the first four paragraphs of article R. 24-14 and if the condition set out in the first paragraph of Article R. 24-15 is always completed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-16

…the sick leave scheme for civil servants, with the exception of the conditions mentioned in article R. 6153-15 and which require costly and prolonged treatment or care, is entitled to long-term sick l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Information in companies with fewer than three hundred employees

Article R2312-19

…mployment, the information provided for under headings 1° A, 2°, 4° and 10° of the table in article R. 2312-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-15

Articles R. 1434-13 to R. 1434-18, R. 1434-21, R. 1434-22 and R. 1434-24 to R. 1434-27 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article R932-1

In articles R. 232-6, R. 232-7, R. 234-2, R. 234-3, R. 234-5 and R. 234-6, the words: "to the works council" are replaced by the words: "to the employee delegates".

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article R952-1

In articles R. 232-6, R. 232-7, R. 234-2, R. 234-3, R. 234-5 and R. 234-6, the words: "to the works council" are replaced by the words: "to the employee delegates".

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