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Showing 57415750 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Municipal police

Article L2212-2-1

…ictions on the sale of takeaway alcohol within the municipality, issued pursuant to article L. 3332-13 of the Public Health Code. II. II -The breach referred to in I of this article is recorded in a r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…ion de l'article L. 214-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17-1

…e vulnerable due to their economic or social situation within the meaning of 1° of Article 2 of Law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy ; b) It pursues an objective defin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of apprentice training centres

Article L6231-2

The training centres providing the courses referred to in 4° of article L. 6313-1 have the following mission: 1° To support people, including those with disabilities, wishing to follow or change direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…red in the name of a professional or a legal entity within which one or more professionals practise;13° "Profit": the difference between income and expenses for the tax year, corresponding respectivel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-3

…ons; 3° The provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 752-44-9 and those of Article R. 752-44-13 relating to the procedures for sending the certificate of conformity to the prefect of the départ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-9

…reconstitution of advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…tion areas mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxation system for their resu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…1 and L. 3215-2 shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-998 of 30 July 2021 on the prevention of acts of terrorism and intelligence, subject to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe B

…e; - reference to the decision giving rise to the entitlement, with article and paragraph of decree no. 90-437 of 28 May 1990 as amended or decree no. 2001-654 of 19 July 2001 which is being applied;…

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