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Showing 19711980 of 28855 articles for Art. 31 May 2005

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial imbalance

Article D6143-39

…ectors are functional posts in the hospital civil service pursuant to 4° of Article 1 of Decree No. 2005-922 of 2 August 2005 ; b) 3% of total income from the main profit and loss account for the fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-8

…and air transport arriving in France from an affected area, within the meaning of Article 1 of the 2005 International Health Regulations, at the points of entry mentioned in Article L. 3115-11. These…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 B

…er 1989) are applicable under the conditions set out in the first paragraph. II. - From 1st January 2005, land newly planted with truffle trees is exempt from property tax on undeveloped property for…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article R412-2

…411-1, rules on a request for time limits presented on the basis of articles L. 412-3 and L. 412-4 may, even of its own motion, decide that the order or judgement will be forwarded, via the registry,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-24

…tenced persons covered by the provisions of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 574, ask the prison integration and probation s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific supervision of credit institutions

Article R613-35

In an emergency, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, before initiating the procedure provided for in Article R. 613-34 or pending the measures to be taken by the home Member Stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-12

…tional public health emergency action plan as provided for by the International Health Regulations (2005). It is based on the general provisions of the departmental civil protection response organisat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Prevention of offences committed via the Internet

Article 67 D-5

…e Council of 19 October 2022 on an internal market for digital services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Regulation on digital services), and persons providing an intermediary service, within the me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-44

When information has been transmitted by a service or unit referred to in Article 695-9-31 to the competent service of a Member State and the latter intends to communicate it to another State or to us…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-38

If there are facts to suggest that information referred to in Article 695-9-31 could be useful to another Member State either in preventing an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Ar…

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