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Showing 18611870 of 32365 articles for Art. CE 4-6-2019 n° 415959

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Temporary stoppage of work or activity.

Article L4731-6

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the application of articles L. 4731-1 to L. 4731-4.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D311-6

…heir application electronically to the body referred to in Article L. 141-2 , together with a visit certificate issued by a type A or C assessment body accredited to inspect hotels by the French Accre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-60

…ditions in respect of the financial year during which these shares are allocated: 1° The company proceeds, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-5 and L. 22-10-59, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-6

A provider of equity crowdfunding services wishing to engage in the activity referred to in Article L. 547-4 shall submit an application to the Autorité des marchés financiers, either when applying fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-60

The services listed in numbers 2 to 5 of Table 5 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 2 European Certifi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article L548-6

Participative finance intermediaries must behave honestly, fairly, transparently and professionally, taking into account the rights and interests of their clients, including potential clients. To this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for registration

Article D7342-6

…f the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC. Th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-14

Sums held in the automatic online broadcasting account may be invested for online broadcasting of : 1° Long-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted at the time the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-6

An employee whose ascendant, descendant, brother, sister or person sharing the same home is suffering from a life-threatening illness or is in the advanced or terminal stages of a serious and incurabl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-64

…ion of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, if the person concerned has not ceased to carry on business therein within three months. The registrar referred to in…

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