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Showing 15711580 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The decision on the admissibility of the application and the examination of the conditions of detention

Article R249-21

Within ten days of receipt of the application sent to him in accordance with article R. 249-20, the judge shall rule on its admissibility by means of a reasoned order in accordance with the second and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts

Article R626-63

The thresholds set pursuant to a of 5° of Article L. 626-32 are: 1° 250 employees and 20 million euros in net sales; or 2° 40 million euros in net sales. These thresholds are assessed on the date of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Capital grants (R).

Article D5212-8

…pose intercommunal syndicates, which meet the conditions set by article D. 5212-9, are increased by 20% without the total grant exceeding 80% of the amount of subsidisable expenditure.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R613-1-A

…aragraph of Article R. 613-3-3 to: 1° reach the joint decisions referred to in II of Article L. 613-20-4 and in Article L. 613-21-3 ; 2° In the absence of a joint decision, refer the matter to the Eur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-2

…techniques and methods relating to the groups of products mentioned in Annex XVI of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-17

…ished in any Member State of the European Union or party to the Marrakesh Treaty adopted on 27 June 2013, shall keep a register of such adaptations. They shall publish and update, on their websites or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-14

…revision of the list drawn up by the European Commission in application of Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC, a herbal medicinal product which is the subject of a marketing authorisation now falls w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure.

Article R5141-47-2

…eral of the Agency refers the matter to the coordination group mentioned in Article 31 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-1

Applications made pursuant to Articles 2 to 20 of Order no. 2009-515 of 7 May 2009 relating to the review procedures applicable to public procurement contracts shall be lodged, investigated and judged…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-5

…the number and width of which are as follows: WORKFORCENUMBERof exitsWIDTHtotal cumulatedLess than 20 people10,80 m20 to 100 people11,50 m101 to 300 people22 m301 to 500 people22,5 m Over the first f…

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