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Showing 13511360 of 1715 articles for Art. Vertical Guidelines – point 145

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Health centres.

Article L6323-3

…nt order of the ministers for health and higher education.The health project is compatible with the guidelines of the regional plans mentioned in article L. 1434-2. It is sent to the regional health a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks of the agency and its network

Article R4642-2

…egional joint body which participates, in collaboration with the regional director, in defining its guidelines. The joint body adopts the annual regional action programme in line with the national pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1523-2

…19, R. 1333-20, R. 1333-21, R. 1333-35, R. 1333-87, R. 1333-106, R. 1333-138, R. 1333-139, R. 1333-145, R. 1333-169 and R. 1333-173, references to the Labour Code arereplaced by references toArticle…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…ph.Within a maximum radius of ten kilometres around ports and airports constituting border crossing points within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 427

The following are deemed to be undeclared imports of prohibited goods: 1° the unlawful landing of the items referred to in article 424-2 above ; 2° failure to lodge the declaration provided for in art…

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

Article 236 bis

If a company that has opted for the regime defined in the second paragraph of 1° bis of 1 of Article 39 is absorbed by a company that has not exercised this option, the paid holiday pay corresponding…

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

Article 238 bis-0 A

…ce or abroad, the acquisition of which would be of major interest to the national heritage from the point of view of history, art or archaeology. Payments are not deductible when determining taxable p…

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

Article 238 bis I

I. - Natural or legal persons carrying on a commercial, industrial, craft, agricultural or liberal profession activity are authorised to revalue their non-depreciable fixed assets, including equity in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-8

…application of tick sizes does not prevent regulated markets from matching large orders at the mid-point between current bid and offer prices.These quote increment regimes are calibrated to reflect t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Additional provisions relating to public sector companies.

Article L2144-2

…ways of exercising trade union rights. These negotiations will focus in particular on the following points 1° The time available to each employee, without loss of pay, to take part in meetings organis…

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