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Showing 55115520 of 6365 articles for Art. 25 March 1998

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article L551-1

…of the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, the Autorité des marchés financiers may request any documents, in any medium, in order to ensure that the proposals r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-16

…esented to the territorial social committee as provided for in article 51 of law no. 2012-347 of 12 March 2012, relating to recruitment, training, working time, professional promotion, working conditi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article D5842-3

…3 to D. 5211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - For the application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-13

…lected is that which results from the total number of staff in the establishments concerned on 31st March of the year preceding the creation of the new establishment. As soon as the results of the ele…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B octies

…previously paid under I of D of article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998), the compensation provided for in B of article 26 of the Finance Act for 2003 (no. 2002-1575 o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

…ly created company;b) A shareholder holds, together with the members of his tax household, at least 25% of the corporate rights in another company whose activity is similar to that of the newly create…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-2

…with the obligations set out in articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words: "for an offence relating to undec…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-2

…with the obligations set out in articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words: "for an offence relating to undec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70

I.-A.-Early access authorisations granted under article L. 5121-12 are subject to compliance with a therapeutic use and data collection protocol defined by the Haute Autorité de santé. The protocol is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Sommaire

…ing out all or part of the controls), in accordance with the provisions emanating from the Order of 25 July 2013 implementing the first paragraph of Article 42 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 o…

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