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Showing 27612770 of 4242 articles for Art. 21 January 1997

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6414-2

…erence to article L. 6416-2 ; 3° In Article R. 6145-12, 4° to 6° are deleted; 4° In Article R. 6145-21, the words: "L. 174-3 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the reference: "L. 6416-5"; 5°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-4

…closed after the expiry of this period, the term of the exclusive right is twenty-five years from 1 January of the calendar year following that of publication. The right to exploit posthumous works be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87 A

…87-0 A of this Code are made to the body or administration designated by decree:1° No later than 31 January of the year following that in which the sums were paid, for the declaration mentioned in art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-6

…ns' Reserve for Territorial Cohesion is part of the civic reserve provided for by Law 2017-86 of 27 January 2017 on equality and citizenship. It is governed by Articles 1 to 5 of the same law and by t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-18

…article 14 of decree no. 2002-628 of 25 April 2002 taken for the application of law no. 2002-5 of 4 January 2002 relating to the Museums of France, competent in matters of acquisition and restoration…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-64

…nsultative commissions created under the conditions set out inarticle 1-2 of decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to State contractual employees. The contr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-26

…on period or, failing that, the period provided for in article 4, paragraph 5 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties.If this original document…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2-1

…rs around the abstraction point under the conditions defined in the first paragraph of article L. 1321-2. These provisions only apply to abstractions existing on 1st January 2004.The prohibitions, reg…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-10

…ment immobilier), whose units are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by insurance companies on 1 January 2007, some or all of whose units constitute units of account in life insurance or capitalisa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The National Insurance School.

Article L412-1

…to the financing of the Ecole Nationale d'Assurances, and, in the absence of such a rider, from 1st January 2004.

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