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Showing 31513160 of 4064 articles for Art. 1133 · CA Chambéry 18 November 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-204

…the holder has: 1° An on-site interventional sector; 2° On-site access, by agreement or, where applicable, as part of the shared medical project of the regional hospital grouping referred to in II of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

…ach supplementary occupational pension fund mentioned in Article L. 381-1, in respect of insurance, capitalisation or supplementary occupational pension commitments falling within categories 1 to 7 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to group preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37

…ble for the supervision of a group on a consolidated basis, the college of supervisors shall communicate the preventive group recovery plans referred to it pursuant to VII of Article L. 613-35:1° To t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…d. 2. Where import or export is permitted only on presentation of an authorisation, licence, certificate, etc., the goods are prohibited if they are not accompanied by a regular document of title or i…

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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 quatervicies

…ken out by an employer or a group of employers;c) To the supplementary pension scheme set up by the Caisse nationale de prévoyance de la fonction publique and to other supplementary pension schemes, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-11

I.-The geographical and technical areas of activity of the Etablissement Français du Sang are determined by it, in accordance with the provisions relating to the national blood transfusion master plan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article L3335-2

…as not requested to be issued at the time of the termination of his employment contract, may be allocated to the savings plan mentioned in articles L. 3332-1, L. 3333-1 and L. 3334-1 of his new employ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies FB

Buildings allocated to livestock farming activities and equipment and facilities intended for the storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 Decem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-53

The social and economic committee is informed and consulted : 1° Before an application to open receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings is filed with the company registry; 2° During safeguar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…inancial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 Jan…

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