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Showing 11611170 of 28395 articles for Art. 28 mai 1996

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Final provisions.

Article R5221-29

…nté, specifies the conditions for applying the procedures defined in Articles R. 5221-23 to R. 5221-28.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 162

…o in article 8 ter, for the taxation of income from financial years beginning on or after 1 January 1996.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: One-stop service for litigants

Article R1423-50-1

…R. 123-28 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire (Judicial Organisation Code), a single…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Article L442-5

As stated in article L. 752-28 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code), people who have the option of taking out supplementary insurance against accidents in privat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-193

…ay be up to three times its assets.III. - The 100% limit mentioned in 2° of II of article R. 214-32-28 is raised to 140% for general-purpose professional funds.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-26

…the estimated amount of the grant and its rate; c) The deadlines provided for in articles R. 2334-28 and R. 2334-29; d) The terms of payment of the grant provided for in article R. 2334-30 as well a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Reimbursement of expenses incurred in the exercise of a special mandate

Article R7125-26

…ed in the first paragraph of this article may be combined with that provided for in article R. 7125-28.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3-1

Persons who, on 29 November 1997, were performing the duties of medical laboratory technician in a blood establishment without fulfilling the required conditions but who, on 23 May 2004, can provide p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-17

The data recorded in the electronic component provided for in Article R. 431-1, excluding the digitised image of fingerprints, are read by the processing mentioned in Article 1 of Decree No. 2019-452…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: French regulated markets

Article D762-3

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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