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Showing 45814590 of 5011 articles for Art. BOI-IR-RICI-290-20 n° 180 s.

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-47

…measured by the number of nationals, their business property tax bases and their number of employees. These proportions are based on the economic weighting study governed by article R. 713-66. Howeve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-12

In its deliberations, the Board of Directors sets the general guidelines for the agency. It deliberates on : 1° Multi-year strategic guidelines; 2° The contract of objectives and performance signed wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-2-2

…cle may organise and carry out voluntary sales of furniture by public auction and electronic auctions. II.-If it is a legal entity, the operator of voluntary sales of movable property by public auctio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2

…fter a longer period in children) in order to assess their permanence and adaptations to disabilities.It is desirable that the interval between the initial trauma and the final assessment be used to c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-8

The residence permits mentioned in Article L. 414-7 are as follows: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker" provided for in Article L. 421-3; 2° The temporary residenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1-1

…gatives and obligations are entrusted to specially designated police or gendarmerie services or units. They are authorised to declare as their domicile the address of the head office of the department…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

I. - Chapter I of Title I of Book I of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of Articles L. 1111-3-1 to L. 1111-3-6, the second paragraph of Article L. 1111-5 and Section 3,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…rty necessary for the fulfilment of their purpose or arising from the collection of their receivables.IV. - Sociétés de crédit foncier may not hold any equity interests.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

I.-Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-32

…rage fiscal potential of the member municipalities and the average population of these municipalities.These data are assessed on 1st January of the year preceding the financial year for which the cont…

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