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Showing 101110 of 3961 articles for Art. 20 avril 2022

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVII: Participatory procedure agreement

Article 2066

Without prejudice to

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

…when their application is submitted, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, as well as information on the limitations of their rights provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…to account for the assessment of income in the various categories, the sums paid, until 31 December 2022, by a taxpayer domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, in respect of the first s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-20

…causing to be carried out a performance study in breach of Articles 59 to 62 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and Article L. 1126-6, is pun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-20

…tead of postal dispatch to comply with the formalities provided for in articles R. 223-18 to R. 223-20, R. 223-20-2 and R. 223-20-3 submit the proposal to the members either by post or by electronic m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-20

…la Corse is substituted for the Office des transports de la région de Corse, instituted by article 20 of the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compét…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-20

A UCITS may not engage in short sales of the financial instruments referred to in Article L. 214-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Loading bays and ramps

Article R4214-20

Loading bays have at least one exit. If they are longer than 20 metres, they have an exit at each end.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-20

Articles R. 622-9 and R. 622-13 to R. 622-20 are applicable to receivership proceedings, subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment of a bonus

Article R2171-20

…studies to be carried out as defined in the consultation documents, less a discount of no more than 20%.

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