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Showing 38213830 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-12-1

…of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudenti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment terms

Article R2392-12-1

When the request for payment is sent electronically pursuant to Articles L. 2392-1 to L. 2392-3, the date of receipt of the request for payment by the contracting authority corresponds to : 1° When in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to interruptions of pregnancy by instrumental methods

Article R2212-12-1

To allow a doctor in the health centre to carry out voluntary terminations of pregnancy by the instrumental method under local anaesthetic, the health centre must meet the following conditions: 1° Hav…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Form, content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1242-12-1

When the fixed-term employment contract is concluded in application of 6° of Article L. 1242-2, it also includes :1° The words "fixed-term contract for a defined purpose";2° The title and references o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 154 bis-0 A

…assess the amount of professional income referred to in the first paragraph. Long-term professional capital gains and losses are not taken into account; b) Or 10% of the annual amount of the ceiling m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-2

Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 322-27-2, the central body is responsible in particular for : 1° Representing the entities in the network in dealings with the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-12-1

…ive of the State in the département at the request of the municipal council in one of the following cases:- when, for more than three consecutive years, taxes have been paid from the communal budget o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quinquies

I. - In the event of a withdrawal of cash from an account defined in article L. 221-32-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the net gain referred to in 2 ter of II of article 150-0 A of this code is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-2

…ablished by deliberation of the municipal council or the deliberative assembly of the grouping of local authorities. When the municipalities assume responsibility for the work mentioned in the second…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-7

…itoring a person who represents a serious threat to public security and order due to his or her radicalisation as a terrorist, the State representative in the department and, in Paris, the police pref…

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