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Showing 19811990 of 4740 articles for Art. 257 bis · CJUE 27 November 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…006-1660 of 22 December 2006, no. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, no. 2012-360 of 14 March 2012, no. 2016-273 of 4 March 2016, no. 2016-1537 of 16 November 2016 and no. 2017-631 of 25 April 2017, with the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19

I.-As an exception to the provisions of Article 3 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Committees for the Protection of Individuals are subject…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-14

…f an agreement reached between the local authorities and groupings of communes concerned before 1st November, the costs for the following year are apportioned under the following conditions: - for 80%…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-70-1

…th the conditions set out in article 63 and the second paragraph of article 93 of decree no. 2020-1427 of 20 November 2020 relating to administrative social committees in State administrations and pub…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 H

…signed between 1 January and 31 December 2015, of building land defined in 1° of 2 of I of Article 257 are exempt from free transfer duties, up to the declared value of these assets, where the deed o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Finance companies and financial corporations

Article D775-5

…Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 517-1 and D. 517-7no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-2

…Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 511-8 and D. 511-9no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article R775-37

…e:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 551-1 to R. 551-3n° 2019-1248 of 28 November 2019

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-7

…ccounts are kept in accordance with the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of Articles 220 to 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-30

On pain of nullity of the transfer provided for in Article L. 526-27: 1° The transfer must relate to the entire business assets of the sole trader, which may not be split; 2° In the event of a contrib…

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