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Showing 38313840 of 20267 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte – 16 Dec. 2005 – no. 04-10986

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-10-1

…inancial guarantee certificate referred to in article L. 7123-19 ; 5° An extract from police record no. 2 or any equivalent document of the applicant for the licence, the company directors and the man…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-18

The employer is deemed to have fulfilled the obligations listed in articles L. 7122-24 and R. 7122-16 when the two parts of the single and simplified declaration contain the following information: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-2

Experiments on veterinary medicinal products within the meaning of article L. 5141-16 are any tests, research or experiments, hereinafter referred to as trials, which are carried out with a view to ob…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-13

Municipalities, the Lyon metropolitan area or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation are responsible, possibly in conjunction with the départements and regions, for the collection and t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391 E

A rebate is granted on the property tax assessment on built properties relating to buildings used for residential purposes, belonging to low-income housing bodies referred to in article L. 411-2 of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4-1

I. - The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 3231-4 do not apply to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a département:1° For housing construction, acquisition or imp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article LO6341-2

Sont soumis à l'article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-410

…ent and promotion of resident pharmacists in public hospital, care and cure establishments, n° 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospital and university centres…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies E

…or the purification of industrial water, in accordance with the provisions of the loi n° 64-1245 du 16 décembre 1964 as amended, may, upon completion of these buildings, take exceptional depreciation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-21

…communes pursuant to Section 3 of Chapter III of Title I of this Book, in its version prior to Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities.

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