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Showing 54815490 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R4111-15

…or: five members sitting on the ordinal qualification commissions instituted by article 2 of decree no. 2004-252 of 19 March 2004 relating to the conditions under which doctors of medicine may obtain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-5

…urt must be submitted in accordance with the procedure set out in the first paragraph of article R. 13 of the Electoral Code. The court's decision is final, within ten days of the matter being referre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe H

…ere applicable, conditions for the payment of advances or instalments. (9) (1) Article 19 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. (2) Article L. 2213-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-3

I.-Any economic operator within the meaning of Article 3(13) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 who fails to provide the agents referred to in Article L. 4311-6 , other than those authorised under Article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article D6122-38

…Health Agency may suspend the authorisation under the conditions laid down in II of Article L. 6122-13.The visit is carried out by at least two persons appointed by the Director General of the Regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-1)

Article Annexe I

…ANIES I. - Definition of accounting books Under the terms of the articles 59 and 60 du décret n° 85-1389 du 27 décembre 1985, la comptabilité spéciale des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataire…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

…f the Criminal Code; 1° bis Crime of murder committed in concurrence, within the meaning of Article 132-2 of the Criminal Code, with one or more other murders ; 2° Crime of torture and acts of barbari…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34-1

…edy the situation of a credit institution, an investment firm referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 613-34 or a finance company referred to in II of Article L. 613-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudenti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…ted from deposits located beyond 1 nautical mile of the baselines defined in Article 2 of Ordinance no. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Fren…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies E

Any taxpayer who, between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2010, acquires a new dwelling or a dwelling in a future state of completion forming part of a classified tourist residence in a rural revitalis…

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