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Showing 53715380 of 9051 articles for Art. 158 · CE 18 June 1990 n° 61022 · CE 16 July 2008 n° 277180 · CE 16 June 2004 n° 235647

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Exempt assets

Article 976

…itions. III.-Property leased on a long-term basis under the conditions provided for in articles L. 416-1 à L. 416-6, L. 416-8 and L. 416-9 of the Rural Code and Maritime Fishing Code and those leased…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…Book I of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with the e…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-44

…presents the creditor with the deed drawn up at the time of a previous seizure, the latter shall proceed by way of opposition as set out in Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-11

…nts of French patent applications and European or international patent applications designating France, as filed, which have a filing date prior to that mentioned in the second paragraph of this Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R773-33

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no. 2022-110 of 1 Feb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R774-33

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no. 2022-110 of 1 Feb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R775-32

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no. 2022-110 of 1 Feb…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to conveyor belts.

Article R342-28

When the application for authorisation to operate provided for in Article L. 342-17-1 concerns a conveyor belt that does not have the same technical characteristics and conditions of use as an already…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-1

I.-The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L422-2

…the import of which is prohibited by decisions of the European Commission taken pursuant to Article 18 of Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisa…

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