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Showing 2130 of 36 articles for Art. 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

…organisation of the third cycle of medical studies or article 3 of decree no. 88-996 of 19 October 1988 relating to specialised studies in the third cycle of pharmacy studies is communicated to the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…nal taxation. II. - The provisions of I apply to issues of securities carried out between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 1991 as well as to issues carried out in 1992 provided that the proceeds mentio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…ts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-18

…rning body of a political party or grouping subject to the provisions of law no. 88-227 of 11 March 1988 or of a foreign political party or grouping;3° Member of a Supreme Court, Constitutional Court…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22

…om its role in organising the treatment of patients with extractive growth hormone between 1973 and 1988 are transferred to the Office national d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…modifié.-attachés temporaires d'enseignement et de recherche régis par le décret n° 88-654 du 7 mai 1988 modifié.-Chercheurs associés au Centre national de la recherche scientifique régis par le décre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518

…nditions provided for in article 1518 bis. V. - The updating of property rental values provided for 1988 by III of article 29 of law no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986 is replaced by a flat-rate revaluation c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

…The provisions of this I quater apply to the first commercial establishments made as from 1 January 1988.The provisions of this I quater no longer apply to investments made as part of a first commerci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1988, as amended, and relating to debt securitisation funds;10° Contracts taken out by the Centre na…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-7

Only persons holding one of the following qualifications or diplomas may be admitted to sit the examination for admission to the professional traineeship provided for in Article L. 811-5 :

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