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Showing 30613070 of 4860 articles for Art. 18 December 2019

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

…de of Civil Procedure or the provisions of articles 24 and 25 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the French Polynesian Code of Civil Procedure .

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-10

…of civil procedure of New Caledonia or in articles 200 to 202 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the code of civil procedure of French Polynesia, the Disciplinary Chamber of New Ca…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-4

…this article, the conditions of access laid down for the premises mentioned in 3° of article L. 232-18-4 apply to the premises where the events mentioned in article L. 241-2 and the training leading u…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-21

…R. 222-18 ; 6° The designation of the court befor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-86

…sion does not apply to the prohibitions on contact or appearance provided for by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18°, 18° bis of article 132-45 of the same code. The sentence enforcement judge may order the suspen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-14

…which shall receive the appeal and give its ruling under the conditions set out in Article R. 823-18. The most diligent party has ten days from notification of the decision of the president of the r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZA

…emption provided for in II is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7

…e amounts previously received under I of D of Article 44 of the 1999 Finance Act (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998) and 2° bis of II of Article 1648 B of the General Tax Code as it stood prior to the F…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article R331-23

…y the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique provided for in Article 18 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, gives an account of the guid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1775

…party who is prohibited from practising the profession under this article, is liable to a fine of €18,000 and imprisonment for up to two years.

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