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Showing 20612070 of 61284 articles for Art. 151 septies A · CE 16 October 2019 n° 417364 · CE 28 June 2013 · BOI-BIC-PVMV-40-20-20-20

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation of the price variation clause

Article R2191-28

The payment calculated on the basis of the final reference values used for the application of the price variation clause shall be made no later than three months after the date on which these values a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, natural persons benefiting from the regime defined in article 50-0 of the General Tax Code may not prepare annual accounts. They k…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28

The producer shall provide the author and co-authors, at least once a year, with a statement of revenue from the exploitation of the work according to each mode of exploitation.At their request, he sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Limitation periods in matters of medical liability

Article L1142-28

Actions seeking to establish the liability of health professionals or public or private health establishments in connection with preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts and claims for compensation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-28

Articles L. 4112-3 to L. 4112-6, L. 4113-3, L. 4113-5 and L. 4113-9 to L. 4113-14 are applicable to nurses under conditions specified by regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-28

The practitioner carrying out medically assisted procreation, whether this involves artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation with gametes from a donation, is required to have prior access to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-28

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail will make a decision within two hundred and ten days of the submission of a compl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-28

The duration of the hours credited for one quarter is equal to:1° Seventy hours for the chairmen of the regional economic, social and environmental councils;2° Twenty-one hours for the members of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hearing and deliberation

Article R4126-28

Articles R. 731-1 to R. 731-5 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to the holding of hearings and deliberations are applicable before first instance and national disciplinary chambers.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 bis

Products subject to duties, taxes, surcharges or other charges, which are contained in imported goods, are subject to compensation taxes which are intended to balance the tax burden with similar produ…

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