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Showing 43014310 of 44299 articles for Art. CE 25-2-2004 n° 250328

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Voting and electoral operations.

Article R723-21

…l the expiry of the time limits for contentious appeals, the media files comprising the copy of source programmes and executable programmes, the voting materials, the count, results and backup files m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Voting and electoral operations.

Article R723-20

…ctoral roll as well as that relating to the expression of the vote shall be the subject, in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Accounting and reporting obligations.

Article R533-2

…uments, the list of which is set by decree, to close their financial year on a date other than 31 December when their business justifies this. Beneficiaries of this derogation must submit their annual…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition and operation

Article R612-2

…ttee is empowered to take individual decisions;2° Its composition. In addition to the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, who chairs it, each Specialised Commission comprises four to seven other members. The A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sworn goods brokers

Article A131-2

…under the following conditions:-courts of appeal of Agen, Bordeaux, Pau and Toulouse; -Aix-en-Provence, Bastia, Montpellier and Nîmes appeal courts; -Besançon, Chambéry, Colmar, Dijon, Grenoble, Lyon,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article R5215-2

When the decree or act referred to in article R. 5215-1 is issued within a period of one year before the general renewal of the municipal councils, the seats shall not be reallocated before this renew…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-284

All dental surgeons, when they are entered on the roll, must state before the departmental council that they are familiar with this code of ethics. They must inform the departmental council of any cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-283

…ouncil within two months of the date of notification of the decision. This notification must reproduce the terms of this article.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-27

I. - Data concerning an accused person of full age shall be kept for twenty years.By way of derogation, it shall be kept:- five years when the person is accused of one of the offences provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-298

…gents or in the Special Register of Limited Liability Companies: 1° Decisions taken in safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings initiated on or after 1 January 2006: > a) Opening the safegua…

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