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Showing 321330 of 34678 articles for Art. CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 bis

Value added tax is levied at the reduced rate of 10% in respect of supplies of the following products:1° (Repealed);2° (Repealed);3° (Repealed);3° bis The following products:a) firewood;b) agglomerate…

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

Article 223-27

…aries paid to staff responsible for programming, administrative and accounting management and audience development, hired on fixed-term contracts of at least six months or hired less than four years a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-27

…cle 220 terdecies of the General Tax Code comprises: 1° The director in charge of multimedia at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or his representative; 2° The director in charge of f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans

Article L224-27

…an mentioned in the previous paragraph. This plan covers all the employees of the company and may receive the payments mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article L. 224-2, which may be reserved for one or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-27

I. - Every critical care unit includes at least the following sectors: 1° A reception area with at least one room for patients' relatives to relax in and a room dedicated to discussions between the ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-27

…ntion enabling the gamete donor to be identified;3° The identity of the couple or unmarried woman receiving the gametes;4° The unique European code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Suspensive arrangements

Article 277 A

…carried out under suspension of payment of value added tax:1° The supply of goods intended to be placed under one of the following arrangements provided for by the Community regulations in force: cust…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-27

I. - Data concerning an accused person of full age shall be kept for twenty years.By way of derogation, it shall be kept:- five years when the person is accused of one of the offences provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-27

…down for private health establishments which are not authorised to provide the public hospital service; however, in the absence of a medical conference, the doctors mentioned in articles R. 1112-1 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-27

Establishments and authorised organisations shall implement a procedure for the recall of tissues or their derivatives or cell therapy preparations in accordance with the rules of good practice provid…

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