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Showing 19511960 of 5757 articles for Art. Vertical Guidelines – 30 June 2022 – pts 29–46

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…to technical projects is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties common to home loans and consumer credit

Article R354-4

…ICABLES DANS LE LE RÉDACTIONURS R. 341-24 to R. 341-27 Resulting from the decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-4

…cial securities registered in a shared electronic record-keeping device pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-4

…stitution concerned or in the automatic accounts grouped into circuits ;2° With regard to advances, 30% of the amount resulting from the application of the coefficients provided for in article 232-16…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-19

…nary General Meeting. Any disposal of shares by a company pursuant to articles L. 233-29 and L. 233-30, is brought to the attention of the members or shareholders, through the reports mentioned in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VIII : Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis

Article L5218-3

The Metropolitan Council will deliberate on the territorial organisation of its services by 1 July 2022 at the latest.The Metropolitan Council will deliberate on the territorial organisation of its se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Former status of contractual practitioners

Article R6152-400

…emain applicable only to contractual practitioners in post on the date of publication of Decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating to the new rules applicable to contractual practitioners.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2651-2

…from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019D. 2192-35 D. 2196-5 to D. 2196-6 Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022D. 2197-13 to D. 2197-15 D. 2197-17 to D. 2197-22 In Book IIIIn Title VIID. 23…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-56

…L. 212-30; 2° The rate of participation proport…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV A: Certain regulated tariffs

Article A444-203

…ed in Article R. 444-17, with the exception of the Conseil national des barreaux, shall transmit by 30 June each year at the latest, either by secure electronic communication in an open computer forma…

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