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Showing 27412750 of 5602 articles for Art. 17 December 2008

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-5

…esting to compliance with the conditions applicable to them pursuant to I and II of Article L. 3332-17-1 and Articles R. 3332-21-1 and R. 3332-21-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (R)

Article R3443-3

The provisions of article R. 3334-17 are applicable to the overseas departments, provided that the portion of the grant intended to take account of changes in the school-age population is allocated in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of voluntary association involvement

Article R5151-18

…declaration or certificate is issued after the dates stipulated in articles R. 5151-16 and R. 5151-17 are not taken into account when calculating the period of activity required to acquire the rights…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-12

…in France must bear the CE mark certifying that it meets the conditions set out in article R. 5211-17. However, CE marking is not required for custom-made devices and for devices which are to be the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies DA

…for the Environment and that is intended to reduce the noise level of installations existing on 31 December 1990, may be the subject of exceptional depreciation over twelve months from the date on wh…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of the customs service.

Article 44 bis

In the contiguous zone as defined by Article 10 of Order No. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016, the customs service may carry out the necessary controls in order to: a) prevent infringements of the laws an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article D155-4

…owing provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying automatically in the tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Regional accountants

Article L4342-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 201 of Law No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, the region's accounting officer is solely responsible for executing, subject to the controls for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-3

…erson in pharmacovigilance referred to in paragraph 8 of Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall have professional premises.Their activity shall be subject to a declaration to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-4

…or regional representative referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall carry out his duties in professional premises located on national territory.His…

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