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Showing 29012910 of 57889 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-13 du 1 Feb 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-12-1

When a company mentioned in article R. 5142-1 plans to close one of its establishments authorised in application of the provisions of article R. 5142-5, it informs the Agence nationale de sécurité san…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-127-1

The provisions of article L. 214-24-28 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-125-1

…on of a person or an amending registration concerning that person would have been carried out by producing an irregular supporting document or deed, and the Registrar establishes that this information…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-12

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the local authority may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and conditions defined by d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-12-1

Subject to specific legislative provisions, the publicity of acts relating to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and its staff, when it is made compulsory by a legislative or regulatory provision,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Levy on fixed-income investment income and income from European capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125 D

I. - Individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B who belong to a tax household whose reference tax income for the penultimate year, as defined in 1° of IV of art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad

Article R123-120

…opean Economic Area of the registered office of a European company registered in France, article R. 123-110 is not applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Principles of justification, optimisation and limitation

Article R1333-12

The dose limits defined in Article R. 1333-11 do not apply to persons subject to the following exposures:1° Exposure of patients as part of a diagnosis or therapeutic treatment based on ionising radia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-13

For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, article L. 4124-6 reads as follows: "In the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the disciplinary penalties that the disci…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12-2

The approval granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in application of article R. 212-12 specifies: 1° The technical specifications from which derogations are ma…

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