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Showing 411420 of 17413 articles for Art. n° 16-23.120 et n° 16-10.583

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-161

The notices provided for in articles R. 123-155 et seq. are drawn up and sent by the registrar to the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales within eight days of the corresponding regi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…y other financial institution shall mention, on a declaration filed under conditions and deadlines set by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 201…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-16

When it appears to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations that the separate account referred to in Article L. 814-15 has not been the subject of any transaction, other than the recording of interest a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…ticles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence of public archive services and to cooperation between administrations for the collection, pre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…rovisions of articles 39-3 and 495-22, the Public Prosecutor of the Judicial Court of Rennes is competent to: 1° Where the information in the official report does not comply with the provisions of art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Analysis of samples taken.

Article R5127-16

…eport or the sampling record and, as appropriate, to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'envir…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-16

…lance of the debtor's bank accounts as well as that of the accounts opened at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.If the continuation of the business so requires, the juge-commissaire may modify th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7227-16

…councillors are paid by the assembly under the conditions defined by Decree no. 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasionnés par les déplacemen…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-16

In article R. 713-1-1:a) In the first, third and fourth paragraphs, the words: "chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale" are replaced by the words: "chambre d'agriculture, de commerce, d'indus…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 ter

…ocedures provided for in Article L. 321-1-1 of the town planning code.The proceeds of this tax are determined before 31 December each year, for the following year, by the board of directors of the pub…

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