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Showing 28312840 of 3783 articles for Art. 1729 · CE 28 July 2011 n° 313279

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-12

…remunerated by the State may work as technical sports advisors for approved federations, in accordance with procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The federations may pay them compensatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

…le L. 214-20, which may be used solely for hedging purposes;3° The movable and immovable property necessary for the direct pursuit of its activity, when the feeder UCITS is a SICAV.The sub-fund of a U…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-5

…reatment or intervention. In this case, the minor must be accompanied by an adult of his or her choice.When a minor, whose family ties have been severed, receives personal reimbursement of health and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-8

Title IV of Book II of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 1243-8 and L. 1245-8, is applicable to Wallis and Futuna subject to the following adaptations:1° Article L. 1241-1 is applicable the…

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

Article L251-2

…or more professional agreements concluded between the professional organisations representing producers of audiovisual works and, together or separately, professional organisations representing distr…

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

Article L251-6

The form of the operating account, the definition of gross receipts and operating costs and the conditions under which the opposable commission is negotiated are determined by one or more professional…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings and assignment of remuneration

Article L722-5

The suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings brought against the debtor's assets entails a prohibition on the debtor doing any act that would aggravate his insolvency, paying, in whole or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Purchases for resale

Article 1115

…nsfer duties and taxes when the purchaser undertakes to resell within five years.In the event of successive acquisitions by persons mentioned in the first paragraph, the time limit given to the first…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R532-3

…l;4° Reject appeals that are manifestly inadmissible and that cannot be covered in the course of proceedings or that have not been put in order by the expiry of the time limit set by a request made to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

…cooperation with its own tax system or the Lyon metropolis may, by a deliberation taken before 1st July of the year preceding that of the taxation:- set all or part of the rates provided for by artic…

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