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Showing 441450 of 44300 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. QPC 20-3-2014 n° 13-24.439 FS-PB

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-20

In the event of the annulment of the election of all the members of the assembly of a union or of all the members of a college, new elections for the union or college concerned must be organised withi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Travel and traffic.

Article L2143-20

To carry out their duties, union representatives may, during delegation hours, travel outside the company. They may also, both during delegation hours and outside their normal working hours, move free…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-20

It is forbidden to import, hold with a view to sale, offer for sale, sell, distribute free of charge or against payment, hire out or make available to the public the equipment referred to in article R…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-20

The project manager or the service provider authorised to receive requests for payment must indicate the date of receipt or submission of the creditor's request for payment in the statement that he se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions concerning the marketing and use of substances and mixtures classified as hazardous

Article R1342-20

The sale or free distribution to a minor of substances or mixtures classified as category 1, 2 or 3 acute toxicants or category 1 specific target organ toxicants after single or repeated exposure, pur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 H

I. - 1. The tax authorities calculate the rate provided for in Article 204 E for each tax household. It is equal to the ratio between the amount of income tax for the tax household relating to the inc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-20

No list may include more candidates than the number of posts allocated per section and industrial tribunal.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-20

Any person using a ski lift or conveyor belt without a ticket or with an invalid ticket is liable to a third-class fine. For the offences provided for in the previous paragraph, the amount of the fixe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-202

Unless otherwise stipulated and with the exception of articles R. 214-32-16 to R. 214-32-42, articles R. 214-32-9 to D. 214-33 apply to funds covered by this sub-paragraph.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article R4424-20

The Assembly of Corsica determines the conditions under which the communes mentioned in the section 2 of Chapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code or their groupings are designated as tou…

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