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Showing 16811690 of 3182 articles for Art. CE 28 Sep 2017 n° 409770

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-62

Persons entered in the file pursuant to the first paragraph of B of II of article 19 de la loi n° 2015-912 du 25 juillet 2015 may apply to the juge des libertés et de la détention for the deletion of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D784-21

…hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 632-1-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 632-1No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 632-4no. 2008-1480 of 30 Decem…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2391-18

…ns 1 and 2 of this chapter as well as article R. 2191-27 and the first paragraph of article R. 2191-28 do not apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article R773-38

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 551-1 to R. 551-3n° 2019-1248 of 28 November 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D764-1

…Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 411-2-1 and D. 411-4No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R774-38

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 551-1 to R. 551-3n° 2019-1248 of 28 November 2019

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-35

…4 exempts him from the payment of the compensatory leave indemnity, provided for in article L. 3141-28, in the event of termination of the employment contract of an employee who has been with the comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-40

…tax department with which its management company files its income tax return, a fonds commun de placement à risques may enter into a pre-liquidation period: 1° From the start of the financial year fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-46

I. - The entities mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 214-28 in which venture capital mutual funds may invest are those which limit the liability of their investors to the amount of their contribution…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Policing of teaching activities

Article D212-95

The departmental councils for youth, sport and community life set up by article 28 of decree no. 2006-665 of 7 June 2006 on reducing the number and simplifying the composition of various administrativ…

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