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Showing 33013310 of 39346 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 & L. 145-47–55

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-1

…on the tourist tax;2° With regard to the proceeds of the excise duty on energy mentioned in Article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services:-for the tax levied on diesel and petrol in main…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…has notified him of its decision to no longer call upon him for new contracts, pursuant to article L. 2314-22 ; 2° Member or former elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-10

…and subject to the incompatibilities with regard to the participating companies set out in Article L. 822-11-3, draw up, under their responsibility, a written report on the terms of the merger.The me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-22

…e of the communes that are members of the community for the competences referred to in I of Article L. 5215-20 that the syndicate exercises, with the exception of the competences whose exercise is org…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-41

…ovider of their choice providing the account information service referred to in 8° of II of Article L. 314-1.II. - When providing the account information service, the payment service provider :1° obta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-17

…avings plan has been set up, all employees of the company are entitled to benefit from its provisions. However, a seniority condition may be required. This may not exceed three months. A collective co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take the necessary precautionary measures. To this end, it may: 1° Place the person under special supervision ; 2° Instruct one or more of i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2

The benefits provided under the contracts referred to in article L. 143-1 may include additional cover in the event of the member's death before or after ceasing professional activity, as well as in t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-9-1

…hareholders' equity has not been reconstituted in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 626-3, the administrator is entitled to request the appointment of a court-appointed agent respon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…from bioavailability studies for generic proprietary medicinal products as defined in 5° of Article L. 5121-1, the procedure for inclusion in the register of generic groups referred to in Article L. 5…

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