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Showing 38413850 of 4213 articles for Art. CE 31 Mar 2017 n° 401059

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

Article R40-33

…of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms does not apply to this processing operation. Any person identified in the file as a victim may, however, object to personal da…

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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 Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-29

…ary medicinal products for human use containing micro-organisms or toxins are prescribed in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 5132-3 and R. 5132-4. A prescription may not be made f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 bis

…n the interval between two updates provided for by article 1518, property rental values, with the exception of those of properties assessed under the conditions provided for in article 1498, are incre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221

…e creation of a new legal entity, contribution to a company, merger, transfer of the registered office or an establishment to a foreign State other than a Member State of the European Union or a State…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-8

The residence permits mentioned in Article L. 414-7 are as follows: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker" provided for in Article L. 421-3; 2° The temporary residenc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-4

…ral or legal persons, the collège de résolution and the collège de supervision may, in the performance of their task of preventing and resolving banking crises, exchange information covered by profess…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…bodies and the upkeep of the local authority's hotel;2° Expenditure relating to the function allowances provided for in articles L. 7125-17 to L. 7125-20 and to the training costs mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-3

…the departments is created. From 2015, this article applies to the Lyon metropolitan area.The resources of this fund are allocated to the départements as compensation for exceptional revaluations of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

I. - In the event that compulsory liquidation proceedings are opened against a credit institution under Book VI of the French Commercial Code, creditors holding a preferential right, pledge, collatera…

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