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Showing 20412050 of 3182 articles for Art. CE 28 Sep 2017 n° 409770

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-2

…ay of derogation from the first paragraph, persons who have been approved as radiophysicists before 28 November 2004 may also practise the profession of medical physicist and hold the title of medical…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Martinique Regional Health Agency

Article D1445-3

For their application in Martinique: 1° Le 3° de l'article D. 1432-28 et le 8° des articles D. 1432-37, D. 1432-39 et D. 1432-41 ne sont pas applicables; 2° Le dernier alinéa de l'article D. 1432-29 n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 C ter

…ty or public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax system decides otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, properties located in the priority urba…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Food, advertising and promotion.

Article L2133-2

…ial use of models, as defined inarticle L. 7123-2 of the French Employment Code, whose body appearance has been modified by image processing software in order to make the model's figure thinner or thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article D950-1-1

…ecree no. 2019-514 of 24 May 2019 Chapter V Public limited companies Article D. 225-104-1Decree no. 2017-1174 of 18 July 2017Article D. 225-104-2Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020Article D. 225-16…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-1

Any purchaser is authorised to conclude a partnership contract, with the exception of the purchasers mentioned in the second paragraph. Within the meaning of this book, unauthorised purchasers are bod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-30

…renewable for three-year periods.Renewal of the authorisation is granted or refused following a procedure identical to that followed for an initial application for authorisation.All the documents pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Waste treatment

Article R4412-122

Waste is : 1° Collected as and when it is produced ; 2° Packaged in appropriate, closed packaging, with the labelling required by Decree no. 88-466 of 28 April 1988 relating to products containing asb…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Companies for the development of industry, commerce and agriculture and their adaptation to the European Community

Article 143 quater

…its made by companies that have entered into an agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance in accordance with the provisions of l'ordonnance n° 59-248 du 4 février 1959, are exempt from th…

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