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Showing 23712380 of 47419 articles for Art. 201 3 bis · CE 5 January 1948 · CE 27 January 1986 · CAA Nantes 16 December 1992 · CE 8 December 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter V: Collectivité de Corse

Article 1656 ter

…and regions apply to the collectivité de Corse. For the application of these provisions: 1° References to the department and the region are replaced by references to the collectivity of Corsica; 2° R…

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

Article R7227-16

…and executive councillors are paid by the assembly under the conditions defined by Decree no. 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasionnés par l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment for retraining or promotion through work-linked training schemes

Article D6332-89

In accordance with a branch agreement or, failing that, a collective agreement concluded between the representative employers' and employees' organisations that have signed an agreement establishing a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-8

The amount of the direct allocation is set at :- 35% of the amount of expenditure incurred for cinematographic works released in cinemas on 14 October 2020;- 50% of the amount of expenditure incurred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of the intervention.

Article R4543-16

When organising the work referred to in article R. 4543-15, the head of the company carrying out the work defines the operating procedures appropriate to the technology of the equipment and its enviro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobile emergency and resuscitation unit

Article D6124-16

…t mentioned in article D. 6124-12, a garage for these means of land transport and liaison vehicles; 3° A secure room for storing supplies of medical devices and medicines for urgent needs in condition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Amending entries

Article R521-16

Where the request for an amended registration relates to information concerning the debtor or the owner of the property when he is not the debtor and which is referred to in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Packaging.

Article R5132-16

The provisions of 1° of article R. 5132-15 do not apply to the medicinal products mentioned in 2° and 3° of article R. 5124-43. However, the words: "Reserved for professional use", surrounded by a col…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-16

From the day of receipt of the injunction referred to in Article L. 1262-4-3, the employer posting employees and, where applicable, the principal contracting with the latter shall inform the project o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-16

The following shall be recipients of the personal data referred to in this section:

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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