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Showing 14011410 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163-0 A bis

…on nationale et de la fonction publique who, as part of the conversion of this scheme on 8 December 2001, resigned their status as participating members by exercising their statutory options to buy ba…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-9-1

…5121-1 and advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-53

…es for applying the provisions of the first paragraph to installations completed before 22 December 2001;2° Any deadlines for bringing these installations into compliance;3° In cases where, due to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-5

…rdination group, the Community arbitration procedure provided for in articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies. Where France is the reference Stat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7 : Nature of the tests leading to the award of the three-degree state diploma for sports instructors at the end of a modular training course

Article A212-148

Candidates who have obtained an average of 10 out of 20 or more in the tests defined in article A. 212-147 are proposed for final admission to the three-degree state diploma in sports education (breve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2311-1-2

In municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, prior to the debates on the draft budget, the mayor presents a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-27

The maximum amount of support is €30,000, including a maximum of €20,000 for the author.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A111-6

…to A. 111-5 apply to group insurance contracts and memberships concluded or taken out no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and memberships tacitly renewed after this date. However, ar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-21

The penalties provided for in article L. 222-20 may be accompanied by a temporary or permanent ban on exercising the activity of sports agent.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules governing the use of currency

Article R734-2

Article R. 112-5 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended by Decree no. 2013-232 of 20 March 2013.

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