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Showing 981990 of 6664 articles for Art. Avis CEPC n° 04-08

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Document prévisionnel de gestion des emplois et des crédits de personnel (forward-looking document for managing jobs and staff appropriations)

Article A114-7

Within one month of the forwarding of the provisional document on the management of jobs and staff appropriations provided for in the first two paragraphs of article A. 114-5, the regional director re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article L612-22

When a merger directly or indirectly involving a person subject to the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is the subject of an in-depth review pursuant to the last par…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1 : Commission for aid to film distribution

Article 223-40

The Commission des aides à la distribution cinématographique is made up of three colleges sitting separately.The first college comprises the chairman, a vice-chairman and eleven members. It is respons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-2-1

When the debtor carries on an activity, benefiting from an administrative authorisation, approval, conventionnement or habilitation, mentioned in II of Article 1 of Law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-6-1

In communities covered by Article 73 of the Constitution and the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and in accordance with Article 349 of the Treat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-24

The committee's opinion includes :1° The identification and title of the research ;2° The name of the investigator or, where applicable, the coordinating investigator;3° The name of the sponsor;4° The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-18

For any application for authorisation for research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-61-3

When the right to object is exercised after the formalities for convening the meeting have been completed, the notice of meeting referred to in article R. 225-66 recalls the right to object to the exc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article R234-5

In companies other than sociétés anonymes, the request for explanations provided for in Article L. 234-2 concerns any fact that the statutory auditor identifies when examining the documents provided t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article R229-18

The decision of the general meeting of each company registered in France which participates in the formation of the European holding company is the subject of a notice inserted, by each of them, in a…

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