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Showing 31413150 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-26

…ivity report and financial accounts submitted to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency;20° The protocol defining the terms and conditions under which the medical services referred to in t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…achieved;13° The existence of the right of withdrawal provided for in Articles L. 221-18 et L. 221-20;14° The terms and conditions of termination of the contract;15° The possibility of recourse to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies GB

…t least 500,000 policyholders, 33% for a headcount of 100,000 policyholders, 87% for a headcount of 20,000 policyholders and 100% for a headcount of no more than 10,000 policyholders. Where the headco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-32

…to or greater than a threshold defined by decree by the Conseil d'Etat, which may not be less than 20 million euros; where the debtor is a company that owns or controls another company, within the me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

…den sheds, garden greenhouses for non-professional use with a surface area of less than or equal to 20 square metres, dovecotes and dovecotes subject to prior declaration; 7° The nursing homes referre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-21

…ith headquarters of centralising offices, and to communes that were canton chief towns on 1 January 2014;Not eligible are communes:1° Located in an urban unit:a) Representing at least 10% of the depar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

…d medicinal products to record the data required to monitor them pursuant to 14° of article L. 5121-20;11° Failure by a company to communicate a prohibition or restriction imposed by the competent aut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…8° and the relevant costs assessed in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article R. 444-6; 20° "Rate of regulated income for the profession": ratio between the regulated income and the regula…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D591

…e last paragraph of article 116;13° Requests for individual confrontations provided for by Article 120-1 ;14° Requests for expert opinions provided for by Article 156 ;15° Requests to modify the missi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-3

…e R. 752-44-1, to be attached to the certificate of conformity. 2° The provisions of article R. 752-20 of the French Commercial Code, on the period of validity of commercial development authorisations…

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