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Showing 37113720 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133

…under confinement, for the purpose of planning and sizing the equipment needed to control air flows;17° A summary list of the workers likely to be assigned to the site and the person or persons likely…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Remuneration arrangements

Article D6323-18-1

…t during working hours, the employee benefits from the remuneration provided for in article L. 6323-17-5 for the duration of his project, subject to his attendance at the training course or in-company…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-26

…ned in article R. 6133-29 ;16° The application for certification provided for in article L. 6113-4 ;17° Where the grouping is a legal entity governed by public law, the acquisition, disposal or exchan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-31

…medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

…ulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and paragraph 3 of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter B

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…ntrats de garantie souscrits auprès des entreprises d'assurances en application de l'article L. 214-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 19…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23

…oducts appearing on one of the lists mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code, this substitution is carried out under the conditions provided for i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-29

I. - As part of the investigations provided for in Article 17-1 of Law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995, in Articles L. 114-1, L. 114-2, L. 211-11-1, L. 234-1 et L. 234-2 du code de la sécurité intérieure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…espectively; > "Regulated activity": the activities of a profession that are subject to regulation. 17° "Regulated activity": the proportion of the activity of the professionals in a profession remune…

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