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Showing 51415150 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Regional Economic and Social Council and the Council for Culture, Education and the Environment

Article R4432-15

…apply to the regional economic, social and environmental councils. The same provisions, with the exception of those of the second paragraph of article R. 4134-12, apply to the operation of the counci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-8

…rganisation plan" are deleted; 2° In the third paragraph of II, the words: "and transport" are replaced by the words: ", transport and overseas departments".

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-15

…online or by written request to the directorate mentioned in Article A. 762-14, of the automated processing data concerning them: 1° The operator of a registered exhibition centre; 2° The organiser of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-5

Home detention with electronic surveillance may be ordered, ex officio or at the request of the person concerned, by the investigating judge or by the liberty and custody judge if the person under inv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 182 A

I. With the exception of salaries falling within the scope of article 182 A bis, French-source salaries, wages, pensions and life annuities paid to persons who are not domiciled in France for tax purp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2-1

I. - When an armed forces hospital or other component of the armed forces health service participates in the implementation of the mental health policy conducted in application of this chapter : 1° Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-14

…atives of a foreign supervisory authority entrusted with a mission similar to that entrusted in France to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may only relate to compliance with standa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5215-16

…ons specific to them. For the application of article L. 2123-11-2, the monthly amount of the allowance is at most equal to 80% or, from the seventh month following the start of payment of the allowanc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-2

…e of the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on electricity.II.-.For 2022, the amount of the departmental share collected by the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-19

During the twenty days following the publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales provided for in Article L. 141-12, an authentic copy or one of the originals of the deed…

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