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Showing 49014910 of 8039 articles for Art. CE 29-12-2020 n° 428306

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6362-18

The procedure defined in articles D. 6362-12 to D. 6362-15 applies when the local authority or one of its public establishments has not transmitted the administrative account provided for in article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-18

The procedure defined in articles D. 6262-12 to D. 6262-15 applies when the local authority or one of its public establishments has not transmitted the administrative account provided for in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-18

The National Councils may use framework agreements under the conditions set out in articles R. 2162-1 to R. 2162-8, R. 2162-11 and R. 2162-12 of the French Public Procurement Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Classes of insurance and statements to be produced

Article A344-2

…(or free payments) ;2 capitalisation contracts with periodic premiums;3 Individual term life assurance policies (including open groups);4 Other individual single-premium life insurance contracts (or f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L548-1

Participatory finance intermediation consists of bringing together, by means of a website, the promoters of a given project and the persons financing that project under the following conditions: 1° Le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quater D

A special annual additional tax is introduced for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region.The proceeds of this tax are decided, before 31 December each year, for the following year, up to a ceiling of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R444-2

…apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording resultin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-8

…ivity of administering or prescribing and administering vaccines, by any means that provides a date certain on receipt of the declaration, to the competent authority of the pharmacists' association to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-22-1

…or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice which shall be made available to shareholders, at least fifteen days before the transaction is ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R3123-19-2

…27-12-1 of this code and article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonian Local Authorities Code may not exceed the amount set by the decree mentioned in 2° of article R. 1621-7 of this code.When they do not…

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