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Showing 26612670 of 3637 articles for Art. LD-AdIC §§ 30–50

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article D2522-1

The payment of the contributions provided for in article L. 2522-2 for the financing of the expenses of the Paris fire brigade intervenes under the following conditions: a) With regard to operating ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assessment of refusal of care

Article D4122-4-2

A commission, attached to the Conseil national de l'ordre des médecins, the Conseil national de l'ordre des chirurgiens-dentistes and the Conseil national de l'ordre des sages-femmes respectively, is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5126-41

Provided that he fulfils the conditions of designation required for each of them, the same pharmacist may manage two pharmacies for internal use belonging to different managers. This number may be inc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Enforcement provisions.

Article L323-34

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this section, and in particular : - the procedures for application of Article L. 323-21 ; - the procedure…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Participation of residents and users in public services

Article L1413-1

The regions, the Corsican collectivity, the départements, the communes with a population of more than 10,000, the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with a population of more than 50…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 76

The marriage certificate will state: 1° The forenames, surnames, occupations, ages, dates and places of birth, domiciles and residences of the spouses; 2° The forenames, surnames, occupations and domi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

I. - If the payer's payment service provider is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or Saint-Barthélemy and the payee's payment service provider is located outside France, regardless of the currency u…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 AA

Article 199 terdecies-0 A applies under the same conditions and subject to the same penalties to cash subscriptions to the capital of socially useful companies mentioned in article L. 3332-17-1 du cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2313-1

The commune's budgets remain deposited at the town hall and, where applicable, at the annexed town hall where they are made available on site to the public within fifteen days of their adoption or, wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

The judicial police officer, acting in the course of an investigation or on the basis of a letter rogatory, may proceed against any person against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence of ha…

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