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Showing 791800 of 47971 articles for Art. L 113-14 · loi n° 2019-733 du 14 juillet 2019

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-3

The use in veterinary medicine of medicinal products or medicated feedingstuffs containing one or more antibiotic substances is carried out in compliance with recommendations for good use designed to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-113

In undertakings with less than three hundred employees, the employer may refuse the leave or the change to part-time work:1° If, after consulting the Social and Economic Committee, the employer consid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with professional integration

Article L5134-113

Aid for future employment is granted for a minimum of twelve months and a maximum of thirty-six months, without being able to exceed the term of the employment contract. Where the aid was initially gr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: National equalisation grant.

Article L2334-14-1

I. - The national equalisation grant comprises a main share and a top-up.II. - This allocation is distributed among the municipalities under the conditions specified in III, IV, V and VI, after deduct…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1411 bis

The rental value of premises allocated exclusively to the accommodation of seasonal agricultural employees under the conditions provided for by Article L. 716-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-14

The court decision authorising or ordering the sale under articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15 is included in the minutes of the sale.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis : Inheritance tax. Exemption for property and property rights located in Corsica

Article 1135 bis

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, for successions opened between the date of publication of loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse and 31 December 2012, immovable property and immov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-1

Traditional herbal medicinal products that meet the following criteria are not subject to marketing authorisation: 1° They are designed to be used without the intervention of a doctor for the purposes…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration and assessment of claims

Article R742-14

Where the claims have been declared in the hands of the trustee, the trustee shall, within six months of the publication of the opening judgment, draw up the debtor's economic and social balance sheet…

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