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Showing 25012510 of 20783 articles for Art. CE 17-5-1999 n° 188870

French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-5-2

…d capacity of the signing legal representative 2. Purpose of the declaration Declares that the balance sheet and notes for the year ended, which are separate from the other accounting documents and wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-5

…3 L. 313-12-2 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-13 article 209 of law no. 2020-1721 of 29 December 2020 L. 313-14 and L. 313-15 Act no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-16 law no. 2005-845 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-5

…expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-based schemes), as at 31 December of the previous year:1° Amount of unpaid death benefits under life insurance contracts other…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R514-5

The procedures for submitting the application and the contents of the file shall be specified by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, in particular as reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-5

…entory of the risks of all kinds to the safety of people and property that the fire and rescue services have to deal with and determines the objectives for the coverage of these risks by the latter. I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Drinks outlets.

Article L3352-5

…as defined in article L. 3321-1, in pubs and cafés opened on the occasion of a public fair, sale or celebration and authorised by the municipal authority, is punishable by a fine of €3,750.The public…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-5

…ision.The territorially competent judicial court is that in whose jurisdiction the chamber of commerce and industry concerned has its registered office.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-5

The conversion of the European patent application into a French patent application takes place as soon as the Institut national de la propriété industrielle receives the request. It is assigned a nati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-3

…quired to obtain the diploma is:70 hours for the diploma enabling the holder to work as a master of ceremonies;140 hours for the diploma enabling the holder to work as a funeral adviser or equivalent.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-11

For each examination session, the training organisations will set up a panel of four people from the list for the department in which the theory tests are held. Each panel may include a maximum of one…

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