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Showing 31813190 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-1

…insurance established in respect of operations carried out by the insurance undertaking for classes 20 to 26 of Article R. 321-1 or by the supplementary professional retirement fund, other than those…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-11

…orial proceedings within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings or within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of R…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Minimum rental value

Article 1518 B

…the bases of the establishments concerned by a transaction represented, in the same year, more than 20% of the business tax bases imposed for the benefit of the municipality in which they are located.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-26

…ve accounts of the public establishment being wound up are subject to articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20. If the administrative account has not been adopted by 30 June of the year following the year in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-27

…the offences provided for in the Highway Code or in the articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20-1,225-10-1,227-3 à 227-11,311-3,314-5,314-6,431-1,431-4and 434-10 of the Penal Code and L. 3421-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R79

…procedures for change of name, acquisition, loss or forfeiture of French nationality; 19° Repealed; 20° To the Autorité des marchés financiers, in respect of company directors when they apply for a vi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial acts

Article A743-9

…27.88 € 19 Acts referred to in number 18 of this table, per additional part beyond two parts 5.58 € 20 Judgement transmission fee, per party 11.15 € 21 Pre-trial proceedings Proceedings before a judge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…kin defence reflexes, observations of manifestations of the state of consciousness, pain assessment;20° Carrying out, monitoring and renewing non-medicated dressings;21° Making and monitoring dressing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

…and monitoring of rectal drip;19° Dressing, irrigation and monitoring of a wound, fistula or stoma;20° Care and monitoring of a plasty;21° Participation in scar or stoma dilatation techniques;22° Car…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-22

…this substance are verified using the appropriate methods set out in articles R. 5121-10 to R. 5121-20. After verifying the usefulness of incorporating the substance into the medical device, taking in…

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