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Showing 57115720 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

…e of general economic interest, within the meaning of Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…ecurities issued by the Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale instituted by Article 1 of Order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 ; bonds issued or guaranteed by a public international body to which on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

…f the eye to lasers Short-term exposure…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R365-4

…ation of this book in French Polynesia: 1° With the exception of the first paragraph of Article R. 313-3 and Articles D. 312-3 and R. 343-31, the words "in France" are replaced by the words: "on the t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to an account

Article L312-1

…e applies to persons registered in the files managed by the Banque de France pursuant to Article L. 131-85 of this Code and Article L. 751-1 of the Consumer Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

I. - In each department, based on an assessment of the coherence of the perimeters and an inventory of the distribution of the competences of the existing groupings and their exercise, a departmental…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Liens and security interests

Article A743-11

…of the number of registrations revealed 2.24 € 88 Mention of a dispute in the margin of an entry 1.13 € 89 Privilege of social security and supplementary schemes Registration, including total cancell…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe XIII

…vious sessions in the same sector and for the same type of event (as defined in article 2 of decree no. 2006-85 of 27 January 2006). A significant deviation is a variation greater than the standard de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…g errors or delays or when the service quality levels provided for in the contract are not achieved;13° The existence of the right of withdrawal provided for in Articles L. 221-18 et L. 221-20;14° The…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-14

…s Agency and the local sports plans within its territorial jurisdiction provided for in article L. 113-4, is responsible for drawing up a territorial sports project that takes account of specific terr…

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