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Showing 621630 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22-1

…ice sends a six-monthly report on its activities to the Government, Parliament and the National Medical Accidents Commission. This report includes a specific section on nosocomial infections of which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4351-22

…o practise provided for in Article L. 4351-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission for Medical Electroradiology Technicians, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submitted and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-22

I. - The insurance undertaking and any agents it appoints to manage the financial aspects of the plan shall exercise the voting rights attached to the securities held to represent the commitments of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-22

…4° of 1 of III of article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code is verified using a points scale. This scale is made up of an "Authors and creative collaborators" group, a "Contribution to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

…A. - The transfer or surrender value referred to in I is equal to the product of the special technical provision and the ratio between : a) The member's individual rights calculated on the same techn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° : Tax credit for expenditure on delegated production of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 220 sexies

…m a tax credit in respect of the production expenses referred to in III corresponding to operations carried out with a view to the production of long-term cinematographic works or approved audiovisual…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-22

…ract or an audiovisual production contract concluded with a production company at the time the application is submitted and during its appraisal;4° Not have been submitted to and accepted by a televis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

…er UCITS or sub-fund thereof. A feeder UCITS may invest up to 15% of its assets in the following:1° Cash on an ancillary basis ;2° Financial contracts referred to in 5° of I of Article L. 214-20, whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-22

…the Code de l'action sociale et des familles on the date on which a decision is taken on their application for a work permit and who, in connection with their course of study, have signed an apprentic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-22

…nding to the claims secured by these security interests shall be paid into a deposit account at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and the creditors benefiting from these security interests or hol…

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