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Showing 51215130 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-1

…× 186 mm, which constitutes the ticket. The payment card and the ticket are intended for the offender. The official statement of offence is kept by the department to which the offending officer belong…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1043-0 A

Transfers of property, rights and obligations between health establishments referred to in article L. 6112-3 of the Public Health Code are exempt from payment of the contribution provided for in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-90

…rst names, gender, date and place of birth, date of death) and with the bodies mentioned in article R. 123-3 for all other data.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to the use of counterfoil receipt books

Article A37-23

…Slip no. 2 constitutes the actual receipt; it is given with slip no. 1 to the offender or perpetrator. On the front of slips nos 2, 3, 4 and 5, on the left-hand side, there is a section entitled: "A.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-16

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-16 in respect of the task of collecting and distributing dividends laid down by the plan (number 4 of table 4-2) is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-19

…ion for registration. These documents shall be filed in accordance with the requirements of article R. 123-120-1.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 814

Where the succession has been accepted by at least one heir, either purely and simply or up to the amount of the net assets, the judge who appoints the successoral mandatary pursuant to articles 813-1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Agents appointed by agreement.

Article 813

The heirs may, by mutual agreement, entrust the administration of the estate to one of them or to a third party. The mandate is governed by articles 1984 to 2010. When at least one heir has accepted t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…re le Gouvernement de la République française et le Gouvernement de la République du Bénin relative à la circulation et au séjour des personnes, signée à Cotonou le 21 décembre 1992, approuvée par la…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-12

…of the Permanent Section for Mountaineering is provided by the National Ski and Mountaineering School.

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