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Showing 14111420 of 3137 articles for Art. TPICE 23 Feb 2006 aff. 282/02

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 273 septies C

…urchases, imports, intra-Community acquisitions, deliveries and services carried out from 1 January 2006 ceases to be excluded from the right to deduct in respect of off-road vehicles or machinery ass…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-5

…opts the risk analysis and coverage plan, within five years of the publication of the ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de sé…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-5

…lace within a maximum period of two years after the expiry of the period provided for in article L. 23-10-1. After this period, any sale is subject to articles L. 23-10-1 to L. 23-10-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-3-1

…eir representatives access to the information provided for in Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is punishable by a fifth-class fine.The fine shall be applied as many times as there are person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-7-1

…in application of I of article 53 of the 2005 finance law (n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004). From 2006 onwards, this levy will change each year according to the indexation rate of the global operati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-122-1

…thorisation and containing the substances listed in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/2006 of 13 December 2006 establishing a list of substances essential for the treatment of equidae. A…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-8

…5 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil départemental de l'environnement et des risques sanitaires et technologiques.

Article R1416-1

…health and technological risks. It is governed by the provisions of articles 8 and 9 of decree no. 2006-665 of 7 June 2006. It exercises the powers set out in article L. 1416-1 and is also responsibl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Administrative penalties, precautionary measures and other consequences

Article L232-21

…of the following consequences for the offender: 1° The suspension defined in 2° of I of article L. 232-23; 2° The financial penalties provided for in article L. 232-23; 3° The publication of the deci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-39

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 549-1 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 549-2Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 549-3 to L. 549-10 Order no. 2016-82…

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