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Showing 23812390 of 43747 articles for Art. s. L. 145-19 et L. 145-20

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to secure electronic devices enabling a dematerialised official report to be drawn up

Article A37-19-1

In the event of a claim brought before the competent court, the report drawn up with the device provided for in Article A. 37-19 is, at the request of the authority to which the complaint is made, pri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Formation and operation of regional joint cross-industry committees

Article D6323-20-1

…rs representing employers' organisations that are representative at national and cross-industry level. II - Each member organisation of the Board of Directors has a number of votes proportional to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Keeping a record of queries and consultations

Article R53-21-19

…in the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is the subject, specifying the surname, first name, department…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-20-1

In order to guarantee, with a view to the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 223-27, the identification and effective participation in the meeting of shareholders attending by videoconfe…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to other tourist offices.

Article R133-19-1

Notwithstanding the last paragraph of article R. 133-19, when the Tourist Office is set up in the form of a local public company whose articles of association require each director of the company to r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-5

…ph of article R. 2224-19-1 and taking into account the location, nature and size of the installations. These operations may give rise to a flat-rate charge. The share representing maintenance services…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-11

The proceeds of sums payable under the third paragraph of Article L. 1331-1 and the articles L. 1331-2, L. 1331-3, L. 1331-6, L. 1331-7, L. 1331-8 and L. 1331-10 of the French Public Health Code is ad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-4

The declaration provided for in Article L. 123-29 is renewed every four years, in accordance with the same procedure as that set out in Article R. 123-208-2. However, in the event of renewal of the ca…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article D411-19-2

…of the courts of appeal with jurisdiction to hear the actions referred to in article R. 411-19 are determined in accordance with table XVI appended to article D. 311-8 of the code de l'organisation ju…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-5

…e rules of good practice relating to: : 1° Criteria for identifying serious conditions caused by genetic abnormalities; 2° Criteria for identifying serious conditions for which there is a strong proba…

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