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Showing 31513160 of 4521 articles for Art. 20 January 1987

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-16

…lition waste; >>Waste textiles and textile products 3° Textile waste and hazardous waste, as from 1 January 2025. It also imposes separate collection arrangements, including where applicable the prese…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

…agraph of the same article do not apply; 4° Article L. 1111-8 is applicable as drafted in Order no. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017, with the exception of the last sentence of the third paragraph of I, and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2422-1

…e L. 2212-8 are applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016. Articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-2 and L. 2212-5 are applicable to the Wallis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-6

…1 December 1982: 1° Within the spa establishments ; 2° Subject to having passed, before 31 December 2011, knowledge verification tests under conditions determined by decree, within the establishments…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-5

…d, managed and paid by this establishment in accordance with the provisions of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service. Private schools and ins…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administration.

Article R322-26

…nce companies are chosen either from among civil servants in accordance with Decree no. 52-49 of 11 January 1952 relating to the status of State representatives on the Boards of semi-public companies,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

…n addition to the sums they invest, pursuant to article 222-7, for applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 when the following conditions are met:1° The cinematographic works are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Harvesting

Article 407

…ons provided for in the European regulations adopted for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisation of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Land publicity. Reform. Transitional provisions

Article 1132

…ired date certain, court decisions that have become final, transfers by death carried out, before 1 January 1956:1° - which were not subject to publicity under the previous regime, but would have been…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (land development and rural establishment companies)

Article 1028 ter

…only applies to transfers of property acquired after the date of publication of law no. 90-85 of 23 January 1990 supplementary to law no. 88-1202 of 30 December 1988 relating to the adaptation of farm…

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