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Showing 311320 of 1376 articles for Art. Rec. n° 80-01

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article R161-1

…the décret n° 75-1339 du 31 décembre 1975 relatif aux mo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article D5212-8

Equipment grants awarded by the State for operations undertaken by multi-purpose intercommunal syndicates, which meet the conditions set by article D. 5212-9, are increased by 20% without the total gr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-12

In the case provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 228-73, the representatives of the bondholders' group may object to the merger within thirty days of the publication provided for in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article A123-33

Entries and deletions made ex officio in the Trade and Companies Register and entries reported by the Registrar shall be transmitted to the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle, in accordanc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-179

…ed thirty-eight months. However, authorisations granted prior to the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001 relative aux nouvelles régulations économiques are valid until their expi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-4

…difference between the net rate of each of the local direct taxes mentioned in Article 1 of the loi n° 80-10 du 10 janvier 1980 portant aménagement de la fiscalité directe locale, applied in the said…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2191-19

When the amount of the advance payment is less than 80% of the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 2191-16 to R. 2191-18, the reimbursement of the advance payment must b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R931-2

In the second paragraph of Article R. 123-80, after the words: "in article R. 123-166", the words: "with the exception of the deeds and documents mentioned in articles R. 123-103 to R. 123-117, and in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article R6156-42

The national statutory committee is consulted for its opinion in the cases provided for in articles R. 6152-7-2, R. 6152-13, R. 6152-50-1, R. 6152-59, R. 6152-79 and R. 6152-80.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-4

Table 1: NUMBER OF CONTRACTS having given rise to investigation/search by the insurance company NUMBER OF INSURED PERSONS centenarians not deceased, including those for whom there is a presumption of…

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