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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Personal rehabilitation without compulsory liquidation ordered by the court hearing an appeal against the measures imposed

Article R741-15

The call to creditors provided for in Article L. 741-8 shall be published by the clerk of the judicial court in the manner provided for in article R. 723-2.Failing agreement between the parties, the P…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-16

…embers, who may be replaced or, failing this, substituted under the conditions laid down in article L. 1211-2, are present or take part in the debates by means of an audiovisual or telephone conferenc…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of approved federations

Article R131-15

Prior to the organisation of a competition, approved sports federations that do not hold the delegation provided for in article L. 131-14 inform the federation that holds this delegation for the disci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-15

…the départements do not own the property made available, the establishments referred to in article L. 3221-4 succeed to all their rights and obligations. They are substituted for the State or the dép…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-16

For the application of article L. 6222-2, the supply of medical biology examinations for a zone defined in b of 2° of article L. 1434-9 corresponds to the total number of examinations mentioned in 1°…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-15

…whose vehicle has been impounded on the authorisation of the public prosecutor pursuant to articles L. 325-1-1 or L. 325-1-2 of the Highway Code and who has subsequently been acquitted by a final deci…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quinvicies

…1 du I de l'article 163 quatervicies do not apply to the portion corresponding to payments into a retirement savings plan mentioned in article L. 224-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code under the ad…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-15

The call to creditors provided for in Article L. 733-12 shall be published by the registry of the judicial court in accordance with the forms provided for in Article R. 723-2. Failing agreement betwee…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article R225-151

For the purposes of determining the ceiling provided for in Article L. 22-10-62, the General Meeting shall set the maximum number of shares that may be acquired and the maximum amount of the transacti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 duotricies

Les prélèvements mentionnés aux articles 1609 novovicies et 1609 tricies are collected and controlled according to the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and pri…

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