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Showing 36213630 of 29549 articles for Art. 17 mai 2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46

I.-The collective crèches and day nurseries mentioned in 1° of article R. 2324-17 fall into the following categories, according to the capacity provided for in the authorisation from the Chairman of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-21

…of the same regulation. The rights of erasure, portability and opposition provided for in articles 17, 20 and 21 of the same regulation do not apply to this processing. The right to obtain communicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…pulation authenticated by the most recent decree published pursuant to the article 156 de la loi n° 2002-276 du 27 février 2002 relative à la démocratie de proximité, la densité nationale est détermin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-7

…on on payment of any claim arising after the opening judgment, not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17. These prohibitions do not apply to the payment of maintenance claims. Similarly, it automaticall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-6-1

…nancial holding company or on supervisory measures equivalent to those provided for in Articles L. 517-16 and L. 517-17, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall provide all the coop…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-3

…ablishments may charge individuals in New Caledonia for the following banking services: 1° Opening, maintaining and closing an account; 2° One change of address per year; 3° Issuing bank identity stat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-3

…ishments may charge individuals in French Polynesia for the following banking services: 1° Opening, maintaining and closing an account; 2° One change of address per year; 3° Issuing bank identity stat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 J

…the exemption is subject to compliance with Article 14 of 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 General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1463 B

…the exemption is subject to compliance with Article 14 of 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
Section 2: Expression of wishes relating to the end of life

Article R1111-18

…ncludes: 1° The following information: a) The identification details referred to in article R. 1111-17 relating to the author of the directives; b) The identification details of the trusted support pe…

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