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Showing 18011810 of 28570 articles for Art. 25 mai 1972

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-89

…1 January and 30 June in 2017, 2018 and 2019, less the aid allocated in application of articles 916-25 to 916-33 as well as the amounts of the subsidies intended to compensate for the loss of turnover…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5214-26

…iven within two months. This withdrawal takes place under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-25-1. It reduces the perimeter of the mixed syndicates of which the communauté de communes is a memb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The officers of the fund and the assistance of the accountants of the Directorate-General of Public Finance

Article R518-24

…of public accountants, within the framework provided by the agreement referred to in Article R. 518-25.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R8124-16

…employee is subject to the obligation to make a declaration of interests as provided for in article 25 ter of the aforementioned law of 13 July 1983, the interview provided for in the first paragraph…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-23

…icate the composition of a financial index meeting the conditions set out in I of article R. 214-32-25.A general-purpose investment fund may raise the 20% limit mentioned in the previous paragraph to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-81

…tence Enforcement Court. In accordance with the first sentence of the last paragraph of Article 706-25-18, the person concerned by the judicial measure to prevent terrorist recidivism and reintegratio…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter V: Attachment of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R525-5

…safe, shall proceed as provided in Articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Use of residential premises

Article R1331-37

…article R. 822-25 du code de la construction et de l'habitation to qualify for personal h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-45

…establishment for inter-communal cooperation on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, ne peuvent, en l'absence de schéma départem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-11

I. - The National Gaming Authority shall carry out the checks requested by the organiser of the sporting event or competition, by matching the file transmitted by the latter with the processing of per…

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