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Showing 27212730 of 5749 articles for Art. 13 April 1983

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Additional provisions

Article R3141-4

…employer is required to join a holiday fund, the starting point of the reference year is set at 1st April.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-11

Articles D. 4221-13-2 and R. 4221-13-3 apply to applications for authorisation to practise made under this section.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

…thin the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…e wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the exception of its 5th and 6th paragraphsn° 2021-941 of 15…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and operation

Article R822-4

…the National Consumer Institute, under the conditions laid down by the loi n° 83-675 du 26 juillet 1983 relative à la démocratisation du secteur public ; 4° Le président de la commission des clauses…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-14

…d between several municipal establishments referred to in article 21-1 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 relating to the division of powers between communes, départements, regions and the State, accou…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L281-7

…iquelon: 1° The references to Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-17

…re prohibited. In the event of non-compliance with this prohibition, the provisions of the law of 3 April 1942 prohibiting pacts for the settlement of compensation due to accident victims under the co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Conditions for application of the special regime for mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article 817 A

…ntributions of assets, mergers or transactions comparable, within the meaning of the Directive of 9 April 1973 of the Council of the European Communities, to mergers giving entitlement to the special…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-3-3

…c of II of article 242 nonies A of Annex II to the General Tax Code, in the version in force on 26 April 2013," are deleted.

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