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Showing 22512260 of 2450 articles for Art. aff. 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

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

Article D712-11-2

…y will be granted a severance payment calculated in accordance with Article 4 of Annex 5 to Article 28 of the above-mentioned Staff Regulations. If a member of staff dismissed because of a refusal to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-57

…ter Customs and tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations pursuant to Articles 28-1 and 28-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure respectively, who have been individually designated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-79-2

…ployees on the basis of 1° of III of this article respects parity in accordance with article L. 225-28. Where two directors are appointed on the basis of 2° of the same III, the group committee, centr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis A

…tion, or an online press service recognised pursuant to the article 1 of law no. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press, largely devoted to political and general information,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-2-1

…462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986. The municipality may request an individual breakdown for furnished tourist accommodation locat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Remuneration.

Article D6152-612-1

…participation in competitive examination juries, teaching and training for hospital establishment staff. The amount is set by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, health and social secur…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure

Article Annexe art. A211-11

…7 of 5 July 1985 , published in the Journal officiel of 6 July 1985;- decree no. 86-15 of 6 January 1986 published in the Journal officiel of 7 January 1986. The law of 5 July 1985 improved the situat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2641-1

…article R. 2152-4, the words "by European Union law" are deleted; 27° Article R. 2152-5 is deleted; 28° In article R. 2162-23, the reference to the Prefect is replaced by the reference to the represen…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…s the means test set out in law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 on legal aid and decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 implementing this law; 13° An indication, if the debtor is a natural person, that i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-73

…ite provided for in article R. 225-61 ;5° The account registration date defined in article R. 22-10-28, specifying that only shareholders meeting the conditions set out in that article on that date ma…

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