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Showing 26212630 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D3123-23-1

…etermine the amount of official allowances to be awarded to them in accordance with article L. 3123-20-1. In the event of an overpayment, the department will proceed to recover the undue amount from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D4135-23-1

…etermine the amount of official allowances to be awarded to them in accordance with article L. 4135-20-1.In the event of overpayment, the region shall recover the undue amount from the date on which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-7

…to the Commission des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…care ; 15° Stomatology ; 16° Otolaryngology ; 17° Ophthalmology ; 18° Cardiology ; 19° Radiology ; 20° Gastroenterology ; 21° Pneumology. For the specialties mentioned in 15° to 21°, only doctors car…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-3

…ementioned employer under the conditions laid down in the agreements referred to in Article L. 5422-20 of the same code. To this end, the aforementioned bodies provide a teleservice enabling the submi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article R6241-28

…distribution of the funds between the two parts mentioned in 1° and 2°, which may not be less than 20% each. It specifies the selection procedures for the courses mentioned in 2°.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R6152-537

…known as the consolidation phase of the third cycle of medical studies mentioned in article R. 632-20 of the Education Code, once validated, is counted as one year towards obtaining the title of form…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…) et R. 135-1 à R. 135-4;L'article R. 136-1 est applicable dans sa rédaction résultant du décret n° 2021-1369 du 20 octobre 2021;L'articles R. 122-3, R. 122-6, R. 122-7, R. 122-8, R. 122-10, R. 122-11…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…le VI of this Book. Mixed financial holding companies are also subject to Articles L. 571-4, L. 612-20 to L. 612-21, L. 612-23-1, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 to L. 612-35, L. 612-39, L. 612-40,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1468

…ubject to the provisions of II of l'article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code or at least 20% of whose capital is held by non-cooperating shareholders within the meaning of 1 quinquies of ar…

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