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Showing 36113620 of 6059 articles for Art. 14 December 2010

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint ventures formed by professionals covered by Titles I, II, IV and VII of this Book.

Article D4381-23

…sts, speech therapists, orthoptists and dieticians referred to in Title II of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of the liberal professions in the form of companies shall giv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4441-26

…of civil procedure of New Caledonia or in articles 200 to 202 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the code of civil procedure of French Polynesia, the Disciplinary Chamber of New Ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

…de of Civil Procedure or the provisions of articles 24 and 25 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the French Polynesian Code of Civil Procedure .

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-10

…of civil procedure of New Caledonia or in articles 200 to 202 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the code of civil procedure of French Polynesia, the Disciplinary Chamber of New Ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221

…nt on mutual assistance for recovery with a scope similar to that provided for in Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L354-4

…HEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 342-1 and L. 342-4 to L. 342-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-12

…co-owners benefit from the rights of pre-emption and substitution provided for by the articles 815-14 to 815-16 and 815-18 of this code. The agreement is deemed to have been concluded for an indefini…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article R424-9

…y holds a residence permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" provided for in article L. 424-14 remains under the protection of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Pe…

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

Article L936-8

…the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New Ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-15

The provisions of articles LO 6262-13 and LO 6262-14 do not apply to the entry and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for the local authority and its public establishments, from a court deci…

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