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Showing 11411150 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-7

…arried out by a qualified trust service provider under the conditions set out in Decree 2015-350 of 27 March 2015 relating to the qualification of security products and trust service providers for the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-7-1

…e in respect of 2003 pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), increased by 95% of the amount of the general decentralisation a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-109

Authorisation may only be granted if the holder has a vascular neurology intensive care unit, as referred to in article R. 6123-34-1, on site twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and an intensi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-5

…s mentioned in articles L. 6331-1 and L. 6332-9 of the Labour Code and in II of article 16 of order no. 2005-406 of 2 May 2005 simplifying the legal regime of health establishments. The monitoring of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-13

For the classification and allocation of aid in year n, the reference period runs from film week 27 of year n-3 to film week 26 of year n-1. In the cases mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R521-17

…m seeker is in one of the accelerated procedure cases provided for in Articles L. 531-24 and L. 531-27, he will inform the applicant accordingly.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-25

…If a conciliator is appointed, the notification shall reproduce the provisions of articles R. 611-27 and R. 611-28. The decision opening the conciliation procedure is communicated without delay by t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-8

…for in II to XV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2123-1 and R. 2123-2 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-3 and R. 2123-4 Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003R. 212…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6221-33

The representative of the State may, within fifteen days of it being forwarded to him, request the Territorial Council, by a reasoned order, to give a new reading to a deliberation. The representative…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6321-34

The representative of the State may, within fifteen days of it being forwarded to him, request the Territorial Council, by a reasoned order, to give a new reading to a deliberation. The representative…

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