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Showing 15111520 of 35642 articles for Art. CE 16-3-2016 n° 385771

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16-1

Articles 20-1 to 20-3 of Decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 on the competence of public archive services and cooperation between administrations for the collection, preservation and communication o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-5

…eclaration provided for in article R. 123-166-4. When the direct debit company is the subject of proceedings before the Commission nationale des sanctions instituted in article L. 561-38 of the Moneta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-2

…a declaration stating its name or corporate name, its legal form, its activity, its registered office, the address of its secondary establishments and the marital status, place of residence, professi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-1

…for in Article L. 123-11-3 is issued by the prefect of the département in which the registered office of the domiciliation company is located. In Paris, this approval is issued by the Prefect of Poli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-4

…arried out for each of the establishments operated. The prefect will issue a new authorisation if necessary.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-169-1

…the obligations mentioned in 2° of article R. 123-168. Natural or legal persons guilty of the offences provided for in this article shall incur the additional penalty of confiscation of the thing tha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-4

I.-The balance sheet of Caisse centrale de réassurance includes three reserve accounts corresponding to each category of business covered by the State guarantee, entitled respectively: a) Special rese…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Removal of goods made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique

Article R512-16-5

The provisions of article R. 512-16 are applicable to these levies.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-16

Failing receipt of the letter referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 53-8-14 within eight days of the dates defined in Article R. 53-8-14, the department managing the file shall send the Min…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-16

…be set up at the High Council by a decision of its Chairman with the approval of the accounting officer under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imp…

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