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Showing 411420 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L774-24

…ht-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 524-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 524-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 524-3 Order no. 2013-54…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-24

…622-26 is two months from the publication of the opening judgment in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The same period applies to the information provided for in the third pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-24

Interconsular groupings may be declared concessionaires of public works or entrusted with public services under the same conditions as territorial chambers of commerce and industry. The concession may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Votes and deliberations

Article R2315-24

The administrative authority referred to in Article L. 2315-33 is the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-24

…s more than 1.30 metres deep and no more than two-thirds the width of the trench must be shored, braced or propped if their walls are vertical or substantially vertical. The walls of other trenches, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional advisory committees

Article R6113-24

…inistry or ministries to which it is attached.The secretariat draws up the commission's rules of procedure, which set out the conditions under which it operates and the rules of procedure applicable b…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rates for services

Article R6145-24

The rates for services do not apply to days for which hospitalised patients have been granted permission to leave under article R. 1112-56.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article R753-24

Article R. 341-16 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-22

Labels are awarded in consideration of: 1° The average number of film screenings made up of art house cinematographic works meeting the conditions set for each label by the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable to nationalisation operations

Article 248 A

…resulting from the compensation provided for in articles 4,15,16 and 32 of the Nationalisation Act n° 82-155 of 11 February 1982 is not taken into account in determining taxable income for the financ…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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