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Showing 28912900 of 6571 articles for Art. Cons. const. 12 Oct 2012 n° 2012-280 QPC

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Article Annexe 4-7

…istration Office\n\t\t\t\t11\n\t\t\t\tLift of status at the Registry of the Commercial Court\n\t\t\t12\n\t\t\tContribution status requisition\n\t\t\t13\n\t\t\tForced sale\n\t\t\t\tPostponement of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-7

…applies to group insurance contracts and subscriptions concluded or made no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and subscriptions tacitly renewed after this date. The derogation does n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1770 decies

Any failure, error or omission under the obligations provided for in II of Article 1586 octies shall be punishable by a fine equal to €200 per employee concerned, up to a limit set at €100,000.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012. The portion of the fees collected by the Institute for the maintenance in force of European pa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the supervision of practice

Article A322-50

…class III and above, a protective helmet guaranteeing safety. Compliance with standard NF EN 1385: 2012 is presumed to satisfy this requirement; 4° Protective clothing suited to the current condition…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192

…ring techniques are used, in accordance with the conditions set out in the amendedOrder of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the State diploma of national ski instructor in downhill…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-2

…ng the granting of a marketing authorisation, including for an authorisation granted before 21 July 2012, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de sant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 B

…the ceiling provided for in I of article 46 of law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012. For the first year for which the public institution collects the tax, the amount of the tax is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions relating to associated communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitants and delegated communes

Article R2113-19

…applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales et aux communes déléguée…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions

Article L6213-2

…ween 13 January 2008 and 13 January 2010, the two-year period taken into account ends on 13 January 2012 at the latest. However, if this person has only practised medical biology in a given area of sp…

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