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Showing 19611970 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-22

…in respect of the reference year may be carried over. In this case, leave may be carried over until 31 December of the year following the year in which the period for taking this leave began. The agre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-26

…mmittee recalculates this reduction in the amount entered in the initial Finance Act, no later than 31 July of the year following the allocation, on the basis of the rate of change between the actual…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-66

…ch is not subject to the other provisions of Article L. 214-28, Article L. 214-30 or Article L. 214-31.III. - (Repealed)IV. - A local investment fund must comply with the provisions of this article at…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-33

…gibility of the surviving taxpayer is assessed with regard to the income of the tax household as at 31 December of the year of death; 3° To open a popular savings passbook account, the income of the t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

…ned in article R. 1321-3 are not met; 5° A derogation is granted in application of articles R. 1321-31 to R. 1321-36; 6° Certain people present disorders or symptoms of an illness related to the use o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-47

…romise the smooth operation of the system; 9° Send the Agence de la biomédecine an annual report by 31 March each year, summarising all the incidents and adverse effects noted during the previous cale…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…rform duties in respect of that branch equivalent to those assigned by Articles L. 533-29 to L. 533-31-5 to the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body performing equivalent superv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

…on to a property by a subcontracting company, within the meaning of article 1 of law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975 relating to subcontracting, on behalf of a taxable lessee, the tax is paid by the l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-9

…der the liquidation of the company under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 237-1 to L. 237-31. These decisions are sent by the court registry to the public prosecutor. The judge indicates in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains realised by companies

Article 248 E

…art of the transactions mentioned in Article 19 of the Amending Finance Law for 1981, n° 81-1179 du 31 décembre 1981, and to Article 14 of the amended finance law for 1982, n° 82-1152 of 30 December 1…

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