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Showing 26312640 of 2859 articles for Art. 23 févr. 1994

French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-4

…and with a view to concluding the agreement provided for in the fourth paragraph of I ofArticle L. 232-22 or in IV ofArticle L. 232-23-3-10. Failing the conclusion of the said agreement, this informa…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 62

…s of applying this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the EU and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729

…in any other serious integration or reintegration project.Subject to the provisions of Article 132-23 of the Criminal Code, conditional release may be granted when the length of the sentence served b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-12

…on the occupational retirement provision business referred to inArticle 7 of Order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006; b) Or are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and prov…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57-1

For the purposes of the second paragraph of Article L. 356-23, events presenting one of the following characteristics are at least considered as major events within the meaning of Article L. 355-5: a)…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-1

…he services provided by statutory auditors; b) Failure to comply with the provisions of Article L. 823-1, relating to the appointment of statutory auditors; c) Failure to comply with the provisions of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-2

…e missions of the national public education service under the conditions set out in articles L. 421-23 et L. 913-1 of the Education Code. The second and third paragraphs of this article shall apply fr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-2

…rs on behalf of the municipality or the State, with the exception of the tasks mentioned in article 23 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-1

…ph of II of Article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed extension of the public establishment's perimeter is decided by the State represe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-8

…ly forward the information received under this Article, II of Article L. 612-44 and Articles L. 621-23 and L. 632-7 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. It shall only transmit such…

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