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Showing 771780 of 2440 articles for Art. 31 janv. 1989

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Manufacture, packaging and importation of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-1

…plies with that laid down in the order referred to inArticle 2 of Decree no. 89-674 of 18 September 1989 or, failing this, with a national monograph or other specifications allowing an equivalent or h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-19

…s relating to the procedure for registering judicial administrators provided for in articles R. 811-31 to R. 811-35, with the exception of the eighth and tenth paragraphs of Article R. 811-31 and with…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…debt previously granted by the judge seized pursuant to the article 24 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986. This l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-4

…dwives who hold the midwifery executive certificate, governed by decree no. 89-611 of 1st September 1989 on the special status of hospital civil service midwives.The procedures for appointing juries a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1411 bis

…Part Six of the Labour Code, under the conditions set out in article 6 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, is cal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-4

For the application in Mayotte of articles L. 3141-13 and L. 3141-23, the words: "from 1st May to 31st October" are replaced by the words: "from 1st July to 31st December".

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-30

…g the International Registration of Marks of 14 April 1891, as amended, and its Protocol of 27 June 1989, as amended, the Institute shall send the alert electronically within three weeks of publicatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331

Other than those provided for by special laws, privileged claims on the generality of movables are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor against whom the lien is asserted…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-27

The municipalities must provide drinking water and wastewater services by 31 December 2024 at the latest. The communes shall submit a provisional equipment and upgrading plan relating to drinking wate…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-2-1

…ntal of furnished tourist accommodation subject to article L. 324-1-1 of this Code and articles L. 631-7 et seq. of the Code de la Construction et de l'Habitation informs the hirer of the prior declar…

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