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Showing 30913100 of 3334 articles for Art. Ordinance no. 2019-359 – 24 Apr. 2019

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6134-2

…on of the last paragraph, R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-14, R. 6153-17 and R. 6153-22 to R. 6153-24 of the Public Health Code; 2° Nurses from countries listed in an order issued by the Minister for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-1

…d L. 228-97 of the French Commercial Code, and subject to the penalties provided for by articles L. 242-10 and L. 242-30 of said Code and, in the case of bonds, by articles L. 245-8 to L. 245-12 (1° t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency Capital Requirement

Article L352-1

…with Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-5

…d'amortissement de la dette sociale (social debt redemption fund) established byarticle 1 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the redemption of social debt; 3° Units or shares in undert…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…ofessionals;23° The research teams of the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale;24° Research teams at university hospitals and cancer centres;25° Research and training teams at the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238

…vious financial years, that incurred in respect of financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2019.Expenditure in the numerator is taken into account for 130% of its amount. The ratio obtained i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-36

…t in transferable securities covered by section 1 of this chapter or FIAs covered by article L. 214-24-24 or authorised for marketing in France; 8° Deposits and liquid financial instruments defined by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-186

…asset management; 6° In units or shares of feeder UCITS mentioned in Articles L. 214-22 and L. 214-24-57 or, under conditions defined in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 H

…n set out in 1° of this II, the tax credits provided for in A and 3 of E of II of Article 60 of Law no. 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 on finance for 2017 are not taken into account.The amount of incom…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…and endangering minors, provided for by the articles 221-1 à 221-5,222-1 à 222-18,222-34 à 222-40,224-1 à 224-8,225-4-1 à 225-4-4,225-5 à 225-10,225-12-1 à 225-12-3,225-12-5 to 225-12-7and 227-18 to…

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