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Showing 471480 of 58651 articles for Art. Décret 2002-120 du 30-1-2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L774-30

…article L. 229-7 du code de l'environnement are not applicable. III - For the application of the articles mentioned i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-303

When informed that a person fulfils the conditions for claiming the status of craftsman or artisan d'art, the president of the regional chamber of trades and crafts or, by delegation, the president of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-30

…gricole S.A., the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, the Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-30

…1° The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 2° of Article 21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° Officials responsible for the control of markets and halls located within the territory of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-30

The regional company meeting is chaired by the company chairman, assisted by the other members of the regional council office. It deliberates by a majority of the members present. In the event of a ti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…e identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products; 2° The provisions of Articles 1r to 5c and paragraph 3 of Article 6 of Commission Regulation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Other security measures

Article D47-30

…particular the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 706-137 and Articles 706-138 et 706-139 du présent code. The director of the establishment shall remind or notify the person of this decisio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-2

…possession of French status.For a period of three years from the publication of the loi n° 2006-911 du 24 juillet 2006 relative à l'immigration et à l'intégration, for the application of the second pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-30

…he same code or as a member of a committee of the European Company mentioned in l'article L. 2353-1 dudit code. A director who, at the time of his election or appointment pursuant to Article L. 225-27…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Judicial police officers of the national police force

Article R15-30

Officers and agents of the judicial police belonging to departmental security services, public security divisions, territorial judicial police services or the territorial public security services of t…

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