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Showing 37813790 of 8192 articles for Art. 10 September 2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-17

…rns benefit from leave during which they receive the full remuneration mentioned in article R. 6153-10 and in 1° and 3° of article D. 6153-10-1. At the end of a twelve-month period of leave, the perso…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 20: Reinforced official import controls

Article R412-36

…certain goods from certain third countries, implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down detailed rules for the implementation…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Reduction of duties

Article 1595

…to land registration tax or registration duties at the rates provided for in articles 683 bis and 810; 2° of tangible movables sold publicly in the department; 3° of ministerial offices having their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electorate

Article R2122-8

The vote is open to the employees mentioned in article L. 2122-10-2, registered on the electoral list provided for in article L. 2122-10-4, with the exception of those in the branches mentioned in art…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis

…purpose by the Minister responsible for the budget pursuant to Article 4 of Order No. 58-882 of 25 September 1958 on taxation in the field of scientific and technical research;e) Public or private or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-19

The audited accounts referred to in article L. 5217-10-15 are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, and by the chairman of the body concerned f…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies

The parliamentary allowance, defined in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the allowances of Members of Parliament and the additional allowances paid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-18

…ing out provident operations and covered by article L. 731-1 of the Social Security Code or article 1050 of the Rural Code (1), to the reimbursement of sums paid in and their capitalised income or to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article L522-1

…f Articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 and L. 521-3 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 of 21 September 2017, the intermediary or insurance undertaking that carries out distribution activities f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R11

…graph, students admitted to the Gendarmerie Officer Training School under Decree no. 2008-946 of 12 September 2008 on the special status of the Gendarmerie officer corps who have judicial police offic…

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