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Showing 24512460 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ORGANISATION

Article L3631-5

…f the permanent commission. The permanent commission is composed of the president and one or more vice-presidents of the metropolitan council as well as, where applicable, one or more metropolitan cou…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-7

…offering, on a professional basis, whether remunerated or not, an online public communication service based on: 1° The classification or referencing, by means of computer algorithms, of content, good…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-7

…e dues mentioned in article L. 821-6-1 are liquidated, authorised and recovered according to the procedures laid down for the revenues of the State's public administrative establishments. Disputes rel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of traineeships

Article R6341-5

…ve authority responsible for granting approval shall examine the training course project in accordance with the following assessment criteria: 1° The nature of the training course; 2° The conditions f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-50-1

For the purposes of XII of Article L. 612-40 and subject to the second paragraph below, the Enforcement Committee's decisions are published for at least five years in the AMF's official register, whic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-51-1

…e L. 612-40 where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has proposed to the European Central Bank to withdraw the authorisation of a credit institution, the European Central Bank has de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-2

I.-When a convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences has not been able to benefit from a measure of release on parole or conditional release under the conditions provided for in Articles…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-9

…authorisation, the members of the Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique will receive, by electronic means, communication of this application accompanied by: 1° The prefectoral ord…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to asset freezing orders issued by the French judicial authorities

Article 695-9-7

…sue, in the same cases and under the same conditions, freezing orders relating to property or evidence located on the territory of another Member State of the European Union and to draw up the certifi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D132-7

…allowing the transfer of individual rights during the period of accumulation. This clause is reproduced in the notice referred to in Article L. 141-4. In particular, it specifies how the technical and…

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