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Showing 33713380 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article Annexe art. A220-3

Clauses to be included in insurance contracts taken out in application of article L. 220-1 of the French Insurance Code instituting compulsory insurance for operators of funicular or cog railways, cab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-2

I. - Only practitioners who have signed the agreement governing relations between the health insurance organisations and doctors referred to in article L. 162-5 of the Social Security Code, and who ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R744-13

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 O…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-31

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-79-2

…and permanent employees in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered office is located in France, or at least five thousand permanent employees in the company and its direct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Status and missions

Article L1231-2

I.-Without prejudice to the powers devolved to local and regional authorities and their groupings, and in coordination with these authorities and groupings, the National Agency for Territorial Cohesio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

I.-An annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas is levied within the territorial limits of the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Alpes-Maritimes departments.II.-.T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…or on behalf of another person, if he has been convicted within the last ten years of a final offence referred to in II: 1° Direct, manage, administer or be a member of a collegiate supervisory body…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Coordination between the treatment of over-indebtedness and the procedure for establishing that a lease has been terminated

Article L714-1

I.-When the tenant has resumed payment of the rent and service charges and, during the period of time allowed for payment of the rental debt granted by a decision of the judge seised pursuant to Artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594-0 G

…leading to the production of a new building within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Article 257, or necessary to complete an unfinished building. II. - This exemption is subject to the condition that th…

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