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Showing 161170 of 43731 articles for Art. 2 juill. 1996

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Formation and operation of regional joint cross-industry committees

Article D6323-20-2

…ppointed in the same way as the full member. II - The incompatibilities mentioned in articles L. 6332-2-1 and R. 6332-12 apply to members of the regional inter-professional joint committee. III -The f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-2

…he departmental commission for a project mentioned in the first or second paragraph of article L. 752-1-2, the Prefect of the département in which the project is located may request, in the event that…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-2

…by the judge under the conditions provided for in Article 388-1, requests to be heard by the judge; 2° One of the spouses is placed under one of the protective regimes provided for in Chapter II of Ti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-22

…may be revealed by the exploitation of the enquiries and investigations mentioned in 1° of Article 230-20 shall be deleted when the investigation is closed and, in any event, on expiry of a period of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-20

…st of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increasing the total amount of public financial aid to more than 50% of the fi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-27

…this article do not apply to a minor child who may acquire French nationality pursuant to articles 21-7, 21-11, 21-12 and 22-1, nor to a convicted offender who has benefited from an automatic pardon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-2

…owner is the natural person(s): 1° who ultimately controls, directly or indirectly, the customer ; 2° or for whom a transaction is executed or an activity carried out. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-25

…g may use the software covered by this chapter:1° Employees of the departments mentioned in article 230-20, individually designated and specially empowered, for the sole purposes of the investigations…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-25

…nematographic works that have been released in cinematographic theatres for more than twenty years; 2° Or cinematographic works that have benefited from aid for the distribution of repertoire works; 3…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of witnesses.

Article 224

If the parties are unable to indicate from the outset the persons to be heard, the judge may nevertheless authorise them either to attend the enquiry without further formality with the witnesses they…

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