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Showing 6170 of 65301 articles for Art. L 255-1 to L 255-19

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Division of commercial companies

Article L236-19

Articles L. 236-2 to L. 236-7 are applicable to demergers.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budget and accounts

Article L2564-19

The report on the budget guidelines mentioned in article L. 2312-1 presents a progress report on the measures set out in the convergence plan covering the territory of the municipality.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-19

The sampling and counter-analysis procedures are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-19

Any sum paid by the association mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code in application of Articles L. 143-11-1 to L. 143-11-3 of the same code gives rise to a declaration to the tax author…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-19

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overdraft authorisation repayable within a period of more than one month and less t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-19

The arrondissement council appoints, from among its members, the representatives of the municipality or the City of Paris on bodies whose scope of action is limited to the arrondissement and on which…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election and composition.

Article L4422-19

The Executive Council is composed of a president assisted by ten executive councillors.For the application of all the provisions instituting incompatibilities between certain electoral mandates or ele…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-19

The Institute may grant credit institutions and other market participants advances or loans guaranteed by appropriate collateral. The Institute may carry out documentary and on-site inspections of cre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-19

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of…

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