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Showing 15511560 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Borrowings by départements, communes and public establishments

Article 133

…econd paragraphs, both by organisations falling within the provisions of Article 1 of the decree of 31 January 1942 issued for the application of Article 4 of the law of 28 June 1941, and on behalf of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-16

…r or, in the overseas departments, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, from 1st November to 31st January, the public can make comments on the waters they consider to be suitable for bathing du…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA quater

…sawing and valorisation of forestry products, acquired or manufactured between 13 November 2013 and 31 December 2016 by primary wood processing companies. For the purposes of the first paragraph, prim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5-1

…than that set in the first paragraph of article L. 351-1 of the same code, cease to have effect on 31 December 2009.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

…f bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record and automated processing of personal data covered byarticle 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, with t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-20

…the royalties shall be set by the judicial authority, determined in accordance with Article L. 623-31.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1

…the table annexed to the order of 22 January 2016 setting the list of qualifications acquired up to 31 December 2015 and in the table annexed to the order of 9 March 2020 setting the list of qualifica…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1-1

…e, in the table attached to the order of 22 January 2016 fixing the list of diplomas acquired up to 31 December 2015 and in the table attached to the order of 9 March 2020 fixing the list of qualifica…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-30

…oned in 1 to 17 of article R. 321-1, and whose total annual written premiums or contributions as at 31 July 1978, including incidentals and after deduction of cancellations, do not reach six times the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-36

…to proceed with the sale of the goods committed under the conditions determined in article L. 522-31. The protest provided for in the said article shall give a copy of the particulars as they appear…

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