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Showing 941950 of 44208 articles for Art. Loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-15

…local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events is equal to the product of the total amount of damage eligible for compensation multiplied by a rate that may not excee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157-2

Expertise may also be requested from technical and scientific police services or organisations of the national police and the national gendarmerie, the list of which is set by joint order of the Minis…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2151-15

…f a premium. The amount of the premium is indicated in the consultation documents. This amount is deducted from the contract holder's remuneration.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-15

For the purposes of the supplementary supervision provided for in this chapter, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may enter into the agreements provided for in Article L. 633-5 with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-15

…t establishments or organisations have medical, paramedical and technical staff who carry out their duties under the authority of the person in charge or the person responsible for the activities ment…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1546-3

A deed of procedure countersigned by a lawyer is drawn up jointly by the lawyers of the parties to a dispute which may or may not have given rise to referral to a court, outside or as part of a partic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-156

The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall determine in particular the conditions under which subscribers are informed of the investment rules specific to this specialised pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-151

Requests submitted to registrars may relate to: 1° Individual files or a group of files; in the second case, they correspond to the search criteria defined by the order provided for in Article R. 123-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-15

When an operator of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction has been in business for less than one year, the amount of the guarantee may not be less than the average forecast amount of monthly…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-159

…e R. 322-90, any tontines incorporated contrary to the provisions of articles R. 322-139 and R. 322-154 are null and void. However, neither the société à forme tontinière nor the members may rely on t…

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