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Showing 24712480 of 3266 articles for Art. 18 déc. 1985

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L812-3

…for in Chapter V of Title II of Book VI of this Code, in Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 précitée ou, dans le régime antérieur à cette loi, au titre II de la loi n° 67-563 du 13 juille…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D773-22

…6 of the Order of 2 November 1945", the words: "mentioned in Article 1 of Law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985" and the words: "mentioned in III of Article 4 of Law no. 72-650 of 11 July 1972" are deleted;3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D774-22

…6 of the Order of 2 November 1945", the words: "mentioned in Article 1 of Law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985" and the words: "mentioned in III of Article 4 of Law no. 72-650 of 11 July 1972" are deleted;3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-20

I. - By way of derogation from Article L. 561-18 and unless the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 objects, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis and 7° quater of Article L. 561-2, as well as t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

…sumed responsibility for the benefits mentioned in 1 to 3 of article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 aimed at improving the situation of victims of road traffic accidents and speeding up compensat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe II

…e list drawn up pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 58 of Decree no. 85-1389 of 27 December 1985, with a deputy, after consulting the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes. This com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVIII: Tax credit for executive training

Article 244 quater M

…ditions provided for in Ia is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…loitation of begging and endangering minors, provided for by the articles 221-1 à 221-5,222-1 à 222-18,222-34 à 222-40,224-1 à 224-8,225-4-1 à 225-4-4,225-5 à 225-10,225-12-1 à 225-12-3,225-12-5 to 22…

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

Article D45-16

…quest submitted within the required timeframe, in accordance with the last paragraph of Article 495-18 and article D. 45-10 ; 3° Receive requests made pursuant to the first paragraph of article 495-18…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…regulations applicable locally. C.-In articles R. 2141-2, R. 2141-5, R. 2141-9, R. 2141-10, R. 2141-18 and R. 2141-20, the reference to a medically assisted procreation centre or an authorised centre…

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