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Showing 90219030 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

Companies which, having subscribed to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, w…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-4

The rules relating to the approval or classification of certain facilities and organisations by the Assembly of Corsica are set out in II of article L. 4424-32 of the General Local Authorities Code, r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-4

…article L. 6241-2: 1° Expenditure actually incurred to finance the development of initial technological and vocational training, excluding apprenticeships, and vocational integration, including the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-4

…in R. 1333-2 and R. 1333-3 may be granted by order of the Minister for Health and, depending on the case, the Minister for Consumer Affairs or the Minister for Construction, after obtaining the opinio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Third-party donor consent prior to donation

Article R2143-4

…ined in article L. 2143-1 and in 1° of article R. 2143-1, consent, for each donation, to the communication of their identity and their non-identifying data mentioned in article L. 2143-3 as part of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-42

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-5, a doctor called upon to provide care to a minor must endeavour to inform his parents or legal representative and obtain their consent. If the minor is c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57-1

…vents within the meaning of Article L. 355-5: a) When a deviation from the group's minimum Solvency Capital Requirement is observed and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: International and European mobility of apprentices

Article L6222-42

…t country, unless he does not have the status of an employee or equivalent in that country. In this case, their social security cover is governed by the Social Security Code as regards sickness, old a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Obtaining a multi-annual residence permit without a change of reason

Article L433-4

…granted a multi-annual residence permit provided that:1° Subject to exceptional circumstances, they can provide proof of attendance and seriousness of their participation in training courses prescribe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-4

…ervice, he will notify the legal representative of the establishment. The establishment will communicate its observations and the corrective measures taken or planned as part of an adversarial procedu…

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