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Showing 24512460 of 52621 articles for Art. L 145-17 · Cass. 3e civ. 22 February 1968 · CA Paris 13 February 2008 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1998 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 March 1969

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-22

The reference medical biology laboratory draws up an annual report on its activities. This report includes an assessment of the changes observed and those that are desirable. It includes a list of pub…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7° bis : Tax reduction for providing a fleet of bicycles

Article 220 undecies A

I. - Companies subject to corporation tax may benefit from a tax reduction equal to the costs generated until 31 December 2024 by providing their employees, free of charge, with a fleet of bicycles fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° Capital gains distributed by undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities and certain collective investments

Article 242 ter D

Units for collective investment in transferable securities and collective investments covered by articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-32-1, L. 214-139 to L. 214-147 and L. 214-152 to L. 214-166 of the Mone…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Policing of roads and buildings (R).

Article R2512-13

…he number series consists of even numbers for the right side of the street, and odd numbers for the left side.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-22

I.. - The appropriate disclosure of the identity of account holders provided for in the second paragraph of V of Article L. 312-20 is organised by Caisse des dépôts et consignations on the basis of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-22

The cross presentation, by function or by nature, provided for in Article L. 4425-7 is carried out between the finest level of the functional nomenclature and each of the three-digit nature accounts.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22

Any abstraction device, well or borehole, the construction of which is planned to obtain water intended for domestic use within the meaning of article R. 214-5 du code de l'environnement, shall be dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-22

For each statutory college, the polling station records the total number of voters and determines the total number of votes validly cast and the number of votes obtained by each list. It also determin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Leasing of work and industry.

Article 1779

There are three main types of hire of work and industry:1° Hire of services;2° Hire of carriers, both by land and by water, who undertake the transport of persons or goods;3° Hire of architects, contr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1453-6, it is prohibited for the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6 and for feed business operators approve…

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