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Showing 31513160 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Exercise of freedom of establishment and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-4

…y request the latter to provide assistance in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010. III. -Without prejudice to the provisions of II, where immediate action is necessary to protec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1

…cess by car, integrated into a retail shop open to the public on the date of publication of Law No. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning, and not entailing the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…k I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R. 122-17, R. 123-171-1, R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 123-235, D. 123-236, R. 127-1 to R. 134-17, R. 143-23, R. 145-9 to D. 145-19,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

…s; 19° Participation in a public interest grouping or any other form of public or private grouping; 20° The rules of the board of directors, the internal rules of the committee responsible for the pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tables of branches and member companies of skills operators

Article D6123-37

…and 15° of article L. 6123-5 and in articles L. 6331-5, L. 6331-35, L. 6331-55, L. 6331-57, L. 6323-20-1 ; 3° The carrying out of the satisfaction surveys mentioned in 14° of article. L. 6123-5; 4° Fo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

…hed in France and carry out the work themselves. IV - "Animation preparation" group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the "Animation preparation" group, corresponding to the following work: st…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…on the classes of business carried on, in accordance with the following provisions: a) For classes 20 and 21 referred to in Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R366-4

…st instance who shall without delay forward the file to the clerk's office of the court of appeal. "20° In article R. 342-15, the second sentence is deleted; 21° In article R. 342-17, the second parag…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R364-4

…st instance who shall without delay forward the case file to the registry of the court of appeal. ";20° The second sentence of article R. 342-15 is deleted;21° In article R. 342-17, the second paragra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R365-4

…st instance who shall without delay forward the file to the clerk's office of the court of appeal. "20° The second sentence of Article R. 342-15 is deleted; 21° In article R. 342-17, the second paragr…

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