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Showing 291300 of 34678 articles for Art. CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

…ation of this article: 1° Social rental housing means housing to which personalised housing assistance applies in accordance with 3° or 5° of Article L. 831-1 of the Construction and Housing Code; 2°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…he provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module and t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Performance of the credit agreement

Article R313-27

For the advances provided for in articles R. 312-3-1 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation applicable at the time of the offer of advance.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-272

The clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters validates the following information and documents: 1° For natural persons, those mentioned in articles R. 123-24…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pre-employment medical examination

Article R4624-27

…o occupy an identical job presenting equivalent risks of exposure; 2° The occupational physician concerned is in possession of the worker's last medical opinion for fitness; 3° No measure formulated u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-272

…ises the surgical management of patients referred to it by emergency medical facilities, in accordance with 5° of article D. 6114-3.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-27

The one-year period provided for in paragraph 2 of Article L. 613-18 runs from the day of receipt of the notification provided for in Article R. 613-26. The legitimate excuses provided for in paragrap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-27

…4 relating to candidacy and challenges to appointments apply to additional appointments, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1441-19, L. 1441-20 and L. 1441-21.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-27

The minimum repayment of the capital borrowed at each instalment provided for in article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-27

In municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants, councillors not belonging to the municipal majority who so request may have the loan of shared premises free of charge. An implementing decree deter…

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