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Showing 15011510 of 3358 articles for Art. 18 déc. 2001

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-121

…he authorisation to open the establishment authorised within the meaning of Article 40 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Publication of notices relating to the European Company

Article R123-171-1

The notice provided for in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE) of 8 October 2001, in the event of the registration and deletion of a European…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-7

…re of New Caledonia and in accordance with the provisions of articles 24 and 25 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the Code of Civil Procedure of French Polynesia. "

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7 : Dissolution of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-166-1

…ssociated with its corporate form, pursuant to Article L. 224-2 or Council Regulation (EC) no. 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company, below which the share capital may not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import procedures

Article R5138-9

…this provision, it shall inform the European Commission in accordance with Article 46b of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic aid (R)

Article R4253-4

…2 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awarding these g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article D7124-30

…ervice or, when they are part of the local civil service, in application of article 1 of decree no. 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-30

…ervice or, when they are part of the local civil service, in application of article 1 of decree no. 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvie…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-1

…tended by periods of five years up to a maximum of twenty-five years.Designs filed before 1 October 2001 remain protected, without possible extension, for a period of twenty-five years from their fili…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

…ficiaries under the conditions laid down in article 10 of the same law, its implementing decree no. 2001-495 of 6 June 2001 on the financial transparency of aid granted by public bodies, and, where ap…

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