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Showing 25812590 of 2726 articles for Art. 24 oct. 1990

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…ions for civil servants in public scientific and technological establishments and decree no. 2014-1324 of 4 November 2014 laying down specific statutes for the body of sustainable development research…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…ssistance agreement on recovery with a scope similar to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes, dut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-1

…a land motor vehicle and containing various civil provisions and in Article 1 of Law no. 51-695 of 24 May 1951 relating to increases in certain life annuities and pensions, in respect of certified su…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4 (art. A212-49)

…tion project OI 123 CE Propose teaching methods adapted to the objectives and the target groups OI 124 CE Organise the implementation of participatory approaches OI 125 CE Design evaluation procedures…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

…p and the mixed holding company or its subsidiaries, under the conditions defined in Article L. 612-24. II. - A branch of a credit institution referred to in I of Article L. 511-10 may apply to the Au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-2

…Article L. 1110-4-1, the words: "drawn up by the public interest group mentioned in Article L. 1111-24. These standards are approved by order of the Minister for Health," are replaced by the words: "s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-23

…read and transmitted in electronic form to the data storage facility referred to in Article L. 3512-24. VIII.-In order to ensure that the application of unique identifiers at packaging unit level is d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Basis and rate of the flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-41

…odation site with equivalent characteristics, pitches in camper van parks and tourist car parks per 24 hour period. 0.20 0.60 Campsites and caravan parks classified as 1 and 2 stars and any other outd…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system.

Article R5211-40

…devices and send it the batch release certificate for the substance referred to in Article R. 5212-24 used in this device, drawn up by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…1121-16 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-16-1, with the exception of III Law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 L. 1121-16-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-17 Law no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2…

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