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Showing 971980 of 57367 articles for Art. n° 18-10.890 and n° 18-10.891

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-18

The tests are marked from 0 to 20.Each mark is assigned the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test.Marks of less than 7/20, with the exception of that obtained in the optional language test,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R7124-18

…orial collectivity of French Guyana, the president of the economic, social, environmental, cultural and education council draws up a project relating to the appropriations required for its operation a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by foreign authorities

Article D48-18

…Public Prosecutor shall classify the acts which gave rise to the financial penalty under French law and shall determine the applicable limitation period in accordance with that classification. The lim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-18

…f) For each natural person who is a member of the grouping, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article R. 123-37 and, where applicable, the identification numbers of these persons with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-18

As soon as the reason for the stay of proceedings no longer exists, the criminal court will rule on the enforcement of the confiscation order. The public prosecutor shall inform the competent authorit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

…detained with a view to the enforcement of a custodial sentence for any act prior to the surrender and other than that which motivated that measure, except in one of the following cases: 1° Where the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in France

Article A212-182

A copy of the form required for the declaration provided for in article R. 212-88 is given in appendix II-12-2-a. This form specifies the list of documents required for this declaration.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-18

…eration are recorded at their acquisition cost, goods acquired free of charge at their market value and goods produced at their production cost. For fixed assets, the values used in the inventory must…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-18

If the sale or transfer of a business includes branches or establishments located on French territory, the publication prescribed in articles L. 141-7 to L. 141-17 must also be made in a medium author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-18

…ring the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the town planning code and authorised or prescribed under the conditions provided…

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