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Showing 901910 of 44208 articles for Art. Loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-15

…comes aware of the non-confidential version and the summary of the document. In this case, the procedure will be the same as that described in the previous paragraph.The general rapporteur will, where…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to samples taken for the purposes of investigating offences

Article R512-15

At least one of the samples shall be left with the owner or holder of the product, who shall under no circumstances alter the condition of the samples entrusted to him. The guarantee measures that may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 H

…nserted in the deed of sale. The deliberation takes effect within the timeframes set out in article 1594 E. However, decisions taken prior to 30 April 1989 may be applied to acts passed on or after 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-15

Loans, exposures, similar claims, securities and deposits, bonds or other resources provided for in article L. 513-2 may only be managed or collected by a credit institution or finance company that ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-158

Companies may only merge if the majority of their assets are made up of properties used primarily for residential purposes or primarily for commercial purposes. To determine whether a property is used…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-15

…or form of the CE marking is prohibited. Any other mark may be affixed, provided that it does not reduce the visibility or legibility of the CE marking.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 D

Unless there are special provisions, the rate of land registration tax or registration duty provided for in article 683 is set at 3.80%.It may be modified by the departmental councils without such mod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article D2513-15

The limits within which, pursuant to article L. 2513-4, a supplement for risks may be allocated to marine firefighters belonging to the Marseille marine firefighters battalion, are set by a decree iss…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobile emergency and resuscitation unit

Article D6124-15

For the needs of the department, interns in medical or surgical specialities or psychiatric interns who have completed four semesters and have acquired training in emergency management through at leas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-15

…ate to the public prosecutor that he acknowledges the charges against him and request that the procedure provided for in this section be applied. In this case, the Public Prosecutor may, if he or she…

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