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Showing 39713980 of 8160 articles for Art. 9 Feb 1988

French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (land development and rural establishment companies)

Article 1028 ter

…his article only applies to transfers of property acquired after the date of publication of law no. 90-85 of 23 January 1990 supplementary to law no. 88-1202 of 30 December 1988 relating to the adapta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…Article L. 225-180 as part of the company savings plan provided for by articles L. 443-1 to L. 443-9 of the French Labour Codeand by employees and former employees within the framework of company mut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…ts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260

…ness of a lessee liable for value added tax or, if the lease is entered into on or after 1 January 1991, for the purposes of the business of a non-taxable lessee. The option cannot be exercised: a. If…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

…Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-109

…ecessary for carrying out research involving the human person declared under the law of 20 December 1988, the import authorisation is required for a series of import operations envisaged for each medi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-7

Only persons holding one of the following qualifications or diplomas may be admitted to sit the examination for admission to the professional traineeship provided for in Article L. 811-5 :

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

…04 relating to the organisation of the third cycle of medical studies or article 3 of decree no. 88-996 of 19 October 1988 relating to specialised studies in the third cycle of pharmacy studies is com…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-21-1

When the Agency has evidence to suggest a breach of the provisions of Articles L. 232-9, L. 232-9-1, L. 232-9-2, L. 232-9-3, L. 232-10, L. 232-10-3, L. 232-10-4, L. 232-15-1 or L. 232-17, the Secretar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-11

The multiannual contract of objectives and resources mentioned in 1° of article L. 6162-9 is enforceable as soon as it has been signed by all the parties. The 2° bis and the penultimate paragraph of a…

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