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Showing 6170 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies A

…ot paid as a result thereof together with the late payment interest provided for in article 1727, deducted from the date on which these taxes should have been paid.As an exception to the above provisi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Land publicity. Reform. Transitional provisions

Article 1132

During a period the expiry of which will be set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and the duration of which may not be less than five years, publicity in the real estate register may be voluntarily requ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1146

…ccompanied by a translation carried out by an authorised translator within the meaning of article 7 du décret n° 2007-1205 du 10 août 2007. The agreement is filed within fifteen days of the date on wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-11

…imprisonment and a fine of €45,000:1° Directly administering to an animal a veterinary medicinal product intended for the manufacture of medicated feedingstuffs in breach of Article 5(2)(d) of Regulat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-11

…shall request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-2 du code de la consommation

…tation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity. During this period, the consumer is only required to establish the existence of the lack of conformi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-3 du code de la consommation

…tation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity. During a period of one year from the date of supply, the consumer is only required to establish the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-4 du code de la consommation

…ntation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity during a period of X as from the supply of the digital content or digital service. During this perio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-11

The conditions set out in articles L. 23-112-1 and L. 23-112-4 are assessed on the date of appointment as a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-11

…election, tests and analyses mentioned in the rules of good practice provided for in article L. 513-11-2 are carried out in compliance with standards equivalent to these rules. II. - The establishment…

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