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Showing 11611170 of 44213 articles for Art. CE 21-2-1979 n° 4896

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-215-1

…ny means, including on an Internet site, information likely to contribute to the patient's free choice of practitioner, relating in particular to his professional skills and practices, his career path…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Application for circuit approval

Article A331-21-3

Any natural or legal person requesting a modification to the homologation of a circuit must compile a file which includes: 1° A description of the characteristics of the circuit which are to be modifi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-21-1

When the head of the establishment or the director of the prison integration and probation service changes the timetable of a sentence adjustment with the authorisation of the sentence enforcement jud…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

…imited company on whose board he sits if, at the close of a financial year, that company does not exceed the thresholds defining small and medium-sized enterprises provided for in Article 2 of the Ann…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-21

The provisions of Article R. 225-72 do not apply when the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-21-1

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-24 for drawing up statements of wage claims (number 5 of Table 4-7) is set at €112.86 per employee.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Ministerial exemptions

Article R3132-21-1

…leisure activities; 2° Be served by transport infrastructures of national or international importance; 3° Experience an exceptional influx of tourists residing outside France; 4° Benefit from a signi…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-21

…bility to avoid redundancies or to limit the number of redundancies by selling the establishment concerned by the closure project, as attested by the reports mentioned in articles L. 1233-57-17 and L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-3

…332-17-1 is issued by the prefect of the département in which the enterprise has its registered office. When the company has its registered office in another Member State of the European Union, it sub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-3

…20-4 or on the measures to be taken in the event of any question or finding of significant importance concerning the supervision of liquidity, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution sha…

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