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Showing 26212630 of 3783 articles for Art. 1729 · CE 28 July 2011 n° 313279

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L213-25

…ined by a professional agreement concluded between the professional organisations representing producers of feature-length cinematographic works, the professional authors' organisations and the organi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L213-29

The form of the operating account as well as the definition of gross receipts, operating costs and general operating costs are determined by a professional agreement concluded between the representati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2151-14

…enderers to provide a test report from an accredited conformity assessment body as proof of compliance with the technical specifications, award criteria or contract performance conditions, in accordan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236 ter

…inary archaeological studies or archaeological operations that constitute an element of the cost price of a fixed asset may be deducted from the results of the financial year in which they are incurre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-1

…professional trade unions and the associations of employees or employers governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or, in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

…s applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to combat the epidemic linked to covid-1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…f the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-6

I. - On an experimental basis and for a period of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10 : Olive oil and table olives

Article R412-26

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 and 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991, as amended, on the characteristics of olive…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Energy, mining resources and industrial development.

Article L4433-17

…ventory. They are consulted by the State on programmes for prospecting and exploiting mineral resources.However, the offshore mining inventory is drawn up and implemented by the regions.With due respe…

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