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Showing 33213330 of 3551 articles for Art. 22 Mar 1982

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40-1

…or mixed syndicates, the withdrawal is carried out under the conditions set out in article L. 5215-22. The extension of the perimeter entails the allocation of seats, in accordance with 1° of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article R60-1

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen B…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to compensation for personal injury and property damage.

Article A421-1

…e compulsory insurance of land vehicles; b) Decrees no. 73-587 of 29 June 1973 and no. 75-171 of 17 March 1975 adopted for their application provided that the Guarantee Fund shall reimburse to the Fre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

…cable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-1661 of 22 December 2006, No. 2014-32 of 14 January 2014 and No. 2017-808 of 5 May 2017, with the exception…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral and burial regulations.

Article D2573-16-1

I. - Articles R. 2213-2-2 to R. 2213-57 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to XXV. II. - For the application of article R. 2213-2-2 : 1° The words: "provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…urity scheme are replaced by references to the social security scheme provided for byOrder no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, invalidity…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES.

Article L611-5

…nsible, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the Single European Sky, for monitoring the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 197

…ed, widowed or subject to separate taxation as provided for in 4 of article 6 and to two shares for married taxpayers subject to joint taxation.However, for taxpayers who are single, divorced, or subj…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-8

…to determine the revision formula and, pursuant to III of article L. 631-24 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the indicators used. When the acquisition of the agricultural raw material by…

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