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Showing 16111620 of 25991 articles for Art. Loi 2018-287 du 20 avril 2018

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-3

…boundaries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 January 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-1169 du 31 décembre 1982 relative à l'organisation administrative de Paris, Marseille, Lyo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-12-1

…out the assessment made by the guarantee fund for each head of loss and the amount of compensation due to the victim, taking into account the benefits listed in l'article 29 de la loi n° 85-677 du 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

…applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Article L. 4151-2 is appli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-3

…2-25 ; 2° In Article L. 742-24, the reference to article L. 733-7 is not applicable until 1 January 2018;3° The words: "juge des contentieux de la protection" are replaced in all occurrences by the wo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-146

…ession d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires sont régies par les dispositions du livre II et de la loi n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, subject to the provisions of this section.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Exemptions

Article 749 A

Sont exonérés du droit d'enregistrement ou de la taxe de publicité foncière prévus à Article 746 shares of built-up property, groups of built-up properties or property complexes subject to the loi n°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-32

…Only persons in the categories listed in the same 1° may join.The association draws up a code of conduct. This code defines the specific rules intended to ensure compliance by members of the associati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679 A

The payroll tax due by associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901, foundations recognised as being in the public interest, cancer centres mentioned in article L. 6162-1 of the Public Health Cod…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L351-1

…nd Futuna Islands: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 311-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Miscellaneous provisions

Article LO6475-2

The new costs incurred by the local authority pursuant to the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer shall be subjec…

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