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Showing 21312140 of 4389 articles for Art. 23 January 2001

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R3826-1

…3116-5 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-42 of 25 January 2018. Articles R. 3116-16 and R. 3116-17 are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-45

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and civil liberties may be exercised…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to certain establishments not participating in the public hospital service

Article R6161-37

…the establishments mentioned in d or e of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code from 1st January of the following year. The request is submitted to the Director General of the Regional Heal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quinquies

…orial authority, to the ratio between, on the one hand, the sum of the unrevised rental values on 1 January 2017 of the built properties mentioned in the same I of article 1498 taxable in respect of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…or processing operations; The deduction applies to goods mentioned in 1° to 7° acquired new from 1 January 2019 and until 31 December 2020 that have been the subject of a firm order from 20 September…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-6

…has granted by benefiting from the provisions of articles L. 211-38 to L. 211-40 or articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, whether or not these receivables are professional in nature, provided that they com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-15

…3111-2; 3° The percentage of women among all members of the management bodies defined in Article L. 23-12-1 of the French Commercial Code, including self-employed persons; 4° The percentage of men amo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.

Article R814-92

…mentioned, depending on the profession concerned, either in article R. 811-58, or in article R. 812-23. The provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 811-58, of articles R. 811-59 and R. 812-23…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-5

…es the implementation of programming commitments made in application of 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23.He may obtain any additional information he deems useful. As part of this review, it makes observ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-24

…from the requirements applicable to the internal model referred to in Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-23. The detailed rules for the application of this Article are set out in Article 247 of Commission…

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