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Showing 45614570 of 4740 articles for Art. 257 bis · CJUE 27 November 2003

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D7231-1

…e conditions provided for in article L. 1111-6-1 of the Public Health Code and decree no. 99-426 of 27 May 1999 authorising certain categories of persons to perform endo-tracheal suctioning ;4° Drivin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article L2333-67

…ate is sent by the mobility organising authority to the collection bodies before, respectively, 1st November or 1st May each year. The collection bodies communicate the new rate to taxpayers no later…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L775-6

…ject to compliance with the provisions of V of Article 4 of the Amending Finance Act 2011-1416 of 2 November 2011 ," are deleted.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe XIII

…facilities with regard to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives;- overall rate of material recovery and ener…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…ésolution in the course of its supervisory duties or the report drawn up pursuant to Article L. 612-27, with a view to initiating sanction proceedings. The chairman of the panel of the supervisory boa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-10

…non-tenured employees of the Parisian administrations governed by article 13 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolise…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 duodecies

…e and Industry and the specific indemnities for contractual termination paid pursuant to Article 39 bis of the Statute of the Administrative Staff of the Chambers of Trades and Crafts and its Appendix…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Levy on fixed-income investment income and income from European capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125 D

…ect to the levy provided for in I of article 125 A, at the rates set, depending on the case, in III bis of the same Article 125 A or in 2 of II of Article 125-0 A, when the person who ensures their pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Overall capital gains or losses

Article 223 D

…l net long-term capital gain is subject to separate taxation under the conditions provided for in a bis of I of article 219.The amount net of tax of the overall net long-term capital gain must be incl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-5

…s who began the second year of the first cycle of studies in midwifery before 1st September 2024;1° bis Or the French State diploma of doctor in midwifery;2° Or, if the applicant is a national of a Me…

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