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Showing 44914500 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-13

With the exception of transactions carried out within a group, within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code, any acquisition, extension or disposal of a direct or indirect holding, wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special privileges.

Article L3253-23

The following may bring a direct action or claim special privileges:1° Under the conditions set out inarticle 1798 of the Civil Code, employees in the building and public works sectors;2° Under the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-4

Provocation to commit the offence provided for in article L. 3421-1 or one of the offences provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-39 of the French Criminal Code, even if this provocation has not been…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Primary care general practitioners and primary or secondary care specialists.

Article L4130-1

The tasks of the primary care general practitioner include the following: 1° Contribute to ambulatory healthcare provision, by ensuring the prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provision of essential data

Article R2196-1

On its buyer profile, the purchaser offers free, direct and complete access to the essential data for contracts meeting a need whose value is equal to or greater than €40,000 excluding tax.This essent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-16

I.-Commercial companies shall draw up and publish each year, at the request of the board of directors, the management board or the manager(s), as the case may be, consolidated accounts and a report on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article R111-4-1

For the purposes of Article L. 111-4, the following definitions apply: "Portable computer": a computer specially designed to be portable and to be able to operate for long periods of time with or with…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-28

The secure space referred to in article D. 224-26 comporte : 1° Une information sur les caractéristiques et l'utilité des données mises à disposition; 2° Une information sur les fonctionnalités prévue…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 H

Gifts inter vivos, made in full ownership and evidenced by a notarised deed signed between 1 January and 31 December 2015, of building land defined in 1° of 2 of I of Article 257 are exempt from free…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1503

I. - The representative of the administration and the communal direct tax commission draw up the list of reference premises referred to in article 1496, determine their weighted surface area and estab…

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