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Showing 27812790 of 5122 articles for Art. n° 15-19.598

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article R562-9

The implied rejection decision referred to in 1° of Article R. 562-8 is made after a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the application file and the decision referred to in 2°, after a peri…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-11

If the retail facility created has a smaller sales area or footprint and number of lanes than that authorised under the second paragraph of article L. 752-15 and article L. 752-16, a certificate is is…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D3123-23-2

When the waiting period stipulated by the social security scheme to which the departmental elected representative is subject for the payment of daily allowances is longer than the 15-day period set ou…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article A743-4

With the exception of funds or financial instruments received by the clerk of the commercial courts under Article L. 3253-15 of the French Labour Code, the deposits held in each mandatory deposit acco…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-12

The authorisation holder keeps the list provided for in 1° of Article R. 5139-3 up to date and sends it to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by 15 February each y…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article R8262-1

Any employee who performs paid work in excess of the maximum weekly working time as laid down by the legal provisions for his profession, in breach of the provisions of article L. 8261-1, is liable to…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-20

Associations registered in the Trade and Companies Register under the conditions set out in this sub-section may form a group to issue bonds. The grouping is carried out within the framework of an eco…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-8

Agents are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Of the third paragraph of article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial an…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731 B

For business property tax, the increase provided for in 1 of Article 1731 applies:1° To sums mentioned on a tax assessment which have not been paid within forty-five days of the date on which the asse…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-3

Article L. 5125-4, applicable in Mayotte, reads as follows:"Art. L. 5125-4. - In municipalities with a population of 15,000 or more, only one licence may be issued for each whole block of 7,000 inhabi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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