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Showing 53215330 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

…eshold defined by the Council's regulations or entered into under 4° and 14° of article L. 6123-5 ; 13° The acquisition or disposal of real estate assets; 14° The multi-annual property strategy plan;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-9

…the positive or negative amounts resulting from the application of 1.2 and 2.2 of Article 78 of law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010 taken into account corresponds to the revenue…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2641-1

…R. 2122-2 is deleted; 4° In 5° of article R. 2124-3, the word "European" is deleted; 5° Article R. 2131-1 reads as follows:"Art. R. 2131-1 -The purchaser may make known his intention to award a contra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special declaration system

Article 102 ter

…business assets are included in a fiduciary estate pursuant to a trust operation defined in article 2011 of the Civil Code;d Taxpayers who carry out an occult activity within the meaning of the second…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater B

…losses resulting from the transfer, carried out pursuant to a trust transaction defined in article 2011 of the Civil Code, into a trust estate of assets and rights entered on the assets side of the b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…it institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finance company referred to in II of Article L. 613-34 to take one or more of the early intervention measures mentioned in II when, as a result in pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…f weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1333-9, à l'article L. 1333-11, in II of articles L. 1333-13-3 and L. 1333-13-4 and in articles L. 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…n for the investment costs of ports transferred pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 6 of Law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…23-15, 223-15-2, 224-1 à 224-4, 225-5 à 225-15, 225-17, 226-1 à 226-23, 227-1 à 227-27, 311-1 à 311-13, 312-1 à 312-12, 313-1 à 313-3, 314-1 à 314-3, 324-1 to 324-6 and 511-1-2 of the Criminal Code, t…

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