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Showing 49014910 of 9424 articles for Art. CA Versailles 14-11-1996

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-19

Any sum paid by the association mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code in application of Articles L. 143-11-1 to L. 143-11-3 of the same code gives rise to a declaration to the tax author…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure operations

Article R522-4

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-16

…erned is subject to a compensation measure; 2° The procedures for verifying the professional qualifications mentioned in the same article L. 4393-14.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L455-2

…produits provenant des végétaux résineux;6° La loi du 3 juillet 1934 tendant à réglementer la fabrication des pâtes alimentaires;7° La loi du 2 juillet 1935tendant à l'organisation et à l'assainissem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Scope of application

Article 998

…L. 222-1 du code de la mutualité, of which at least 80% of the total premium or contribution is allocated to cover for the duration of human life, disability, incapacity for work or death due to accid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to X…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article R4061-2

…rticles L. 1453-10, L. 1453-12 and L. 1453-14 of this Code is the Minister of Defence. For the application of the provisions of articles R. 1453-13 to R. 1453-19, R. 4113-109 and R. 4113-110 to these…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-43-1

…European Parliament and of the Council as regards the energy labelling of professional refrigerated cabinets and its annexes ; 16° the provisions of Articles 1 to 6, Article 11, Article 12 and Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-41

For the purposes mentioned in Article R. 5312-38, the information system is linked, for verification and updating purposes, with : 1° The national system for managing identifiers implemented by the Ca…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues aux articles L. 252-2 et L. 252-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau c…

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