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Showing 52115220 of 5917 articles for Art. 11 févr. 1971

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

…L. 111-2 relating to financial aid from the Centre national du cinéma et de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-2

…pplication of Article R. 771-1: 1° In Article R. 712-5, references to the provisions of Article L. 811-1 are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose; 2° In Arti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R591-12-1

…ticle R. 531-6 where this is necessary for the examination of the application. 6° In Article R. 531-11, the words: "under the conditions laid down in Article R. 531-17" are replaced by the words: "by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regulation of investments and other assets

Article A332-1

…rer or the guaranteed insurance undertaking, within the meaning of Article 310-5 of Regulation 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-105-2

…The independent third-party body is subject to the incompatibilities provided for in article L. 822-11-3. II.-When the information is published by companies whose thresholds exceed 100 million euros f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-160-4

I.-The register of purchases and sales provided for in article L. 225-211 to report transactions carried out pursuant to II of article L. 228-12 and of the I of article L. 228-12-1 is held under the t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-2

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-21

…rder merger; 10° The articles of association of the company resulting from the cross-border merger; 11° Where appropriate, information on the procedures by which arrangements are made for the involvem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-17

…modéré soumis aux règles de la comptabilité des entreprises de commerce régis par les articles L. 411-2 et seq. du code de la construction et de l'habitation; 10° Organismes mentionnés à l'article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-193

…OF SERVICE EMOLUMENT 5 Requests for reparations and information on the person of the debtor seized 11,54 €, for all 6 Requests and requests for information on the seized property €11.54, per requisit…

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