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Showing 28512860 of 3980 articles for Art. 25 January 2005

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-27

…° The measurement of dust in the air is carried out under the conditions defined in article R. 1334-25, within three months of the date on which the owner receives the survey report or the results of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-8

…f exitsTOTAL NUMBERof passage unitsLess than 20 people11 20 to 50 people1 + 1 accessory1 (a)or 1 (b)251 to 100 people22 or 1 + 1 clearanceaccessory (a)2101 to 200 people23201 to 300 people24301 to 400…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-21

…on. The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the application of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties. II - Without prejudice to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 C

…12° For the publication of legal claims mentioned in c of 4° of Article 28 of Decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 as amended reforming land registration, as well as the legal claims, reports and declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to staff

Article L5217-19

…metropolis, according to the procedures provided for in articles 80 to 88 of law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles.VI.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-32

…verage consumer price and increased by expenditure linked to the old-age-technical slide.When, on 1 January of the year in question, there is no decision by the Board of Directors to set the methods f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

…ragraph.The provisions of this I quater apply to the first commercial establishments made as from 1 January 1988.The provisions of this I quater no longer apply to investments made as part of a first…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Number of points required

Article 211-13

I.-Feature-length cinematographic works must obtain at least 25 points out of 100. A derogation may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée for foreign-initia…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-8

…formation required by Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-26

…in Article L. 3512-23, as well as the other conditions for applying Articles L. 3512-24 and L. 3512-25 in terms of traceability and security devices.

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