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Showing 24612470 of 7235 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · CCRCS opinion 2013-001

French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Allocation of free shares to company employees

Article 1127

…cles L. 322-13 and L. 322-22 of the Insurance Code relating to national insurance companies; 4° Loi n° 73-9 du 4 janvier 1973 relative à la mise en oeuvre de l'actionnariat du personnel à la Société n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L2331-9

…231-9 and L. 231-12of the code des communes as they stood prior to the entry into force of the loi n° 94-504 du 22 juin 1994 portant dispositions budgétaires et comptables relatives aux collectivités…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Common provisions

Article R53-21-23

No interconnection, matching or linking within the meaning of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne peuvent être effectués entre le fichier prév…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for practising the profession of restaurant owner or similar or for fruit and vegetable retailers

Article R3262-26

The practice of the profession of restaurant owner or fruit and vegetable retailer required by the provisions of article L. 3262-3 is verified by the National Commission for Restaurant Vouchers referr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R822-74

…ession; 4° All sums in cash; 5° The partners' industry, which by virtue of the article 10 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 does not contribute to the formation of capital but may give rise to t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-8

…provisions, the Minister may require it to be amended or decide to withdraw it after receiving the opinion of the Financial Sector Consultative Committee. In urgent cases, the opinion of the Comité c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-12

…ge to whom a freezing request is referred directly shall forward it to the public prosecutor for an opinion. The public prosecutor who receives a freezing request directly shall forward it for executi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-49-1

…et controller shall draw up a document setting out the detailed list of acts subject to approval or opinion, the amounts of the approval or opinion thresholds, the format of the documents and statemen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-4

…s 694-7 and 695-2 of this code, the Minister of Justice shall give his approval after receiving the opinion of the National Director of the Judicial Police. For the application of the provisions of Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-15

A medical expert is responsible for giving an opinion to the judicial authorities, where he or she carries out his or her duties, on the alcohol impregnation of persons who have undergone the previous…

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