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Showing 521530 of 44263 articles for Art. CE 23-2-2000 n° 162659

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-23

After the end of each financial year, the manager or managers shall draw up, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Articles of Association, the company's annual accounts, a report on the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the register of travel agents and other operators involved in the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-23

…istration number, its name, its business name, its legal form and the address of the registered office of the company or organisation, as well as the names and addresses of its guarantor and insurer.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-23

…icial administrator, the judicial representative and the liquidator of a credit institution, a finance company, an electronic money institution, a payment institution or an investment firm is, on the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-23

…deemed present within the meaning of article L. 225-37, excused or absent. It shall state the presence or absence of persons summoned to the Board meeting by virtue of a legal provision and the presen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to sales by judicial tender and by amicable tender.

Article R642-23

The order shall be notified at the instance of the court clerk by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the debtor and to the registered creditors with elected domicile whose names are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Announcement of results and disputes relating to the election of consular judges.

Article R723-23

…the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 remains deposited for eight days at the clerk's office of the commercial court, where it is communicated to any elector who so requests.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Checking gases and regulators

Article R4461-23

The employer shall ensure, by carrying out an analysis or having an analysis carried out, and before their use, that : 1° that breathing gases supplied by compressors comply with the occupational expo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3141-23

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement concluded in application of article L. 3141-22 : 1° The continuous fraction of at least twelve working days is allocated during the period from 1st May…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-23

…e guidelines it has set, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 331-28, with regard to the procedures for exercising and the scope of the private copy exception and the decisions taken by it, on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article A37-23

…of sheet no. 1 of the bundle contain a reminder of the laws and regulations applicable to the offences mentioned in Article A. 37-21. The fronts of leaflets nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 contain identical inform…

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