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Showing 16711680 of 3908 articles for Art. 17 juill. 1991

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-1

With effect from 1st July 1991, any clause in the Articles of Association which makes participation in the General Meeting or the election of members of the General Meeting subject to the payment of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-70

…tablishments must prove that they were manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1991 and specify the nature and quantities of medicinal products manufactured annually.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 nonies

…ocated to employees of sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière governed by the law of 26 April 1917 are subject to income tax according to the rules applicable to salaries and wages. This provision…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Health and safety standards

Article A322-18

…1981 on the technical provisions applicable to swimming pools and the amended Order of 29 November 1991 on the health and safety rules applicable to swimming pools and landscaped bathing areas.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-380

The provisions ofarticle 45 of decree no. 91-155 of 6 February 1991 relating to the general provisions applicable to contractual employees of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 696

…all or part of the costs of the proceedings are set by the provisions of Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 and Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Remuneration.

Article R6152-24

…6152-4, L. 6154-4 and R. 6152-30 as well as those ofarticle 9 of decree no. 91-966 of 20 September 1991 relating to associated staff in hospital and university centres in the medical and odontologica…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R656-3

…ns of Article R. 621-4," are deleted; 7° In Article R. 632-4, the words: "Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 and Decree no. 91-1266 of 19 December 1991" are replaced by the words: "Order no. 92-1147 of 12…

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

Article L4351-7

…of article L. 4351-2, persons recruited by private radiologists between 25 July 1984 and 1 January 1991 to provide them with assistance in accompanying and installing patients may, after passing an a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

…e with the quality objectives applicable to receiving waters by the décret n°91-1283 du 19 décembre 1991, by the water development and management master plan for the basin to which these agglomeration…

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