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Showing 591600 of 778 articles for Art. bulletin 156

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Honorary professional journalist identity card

Article R7111-14

…as a professional journalist, under the conditions defined in articles L. 7111-3 and L. 7111-4 ; 3° Bulletin no. 3 of his or her criminal record, dated less than three months previously; 4° If he/she…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75

…se of the said activities may not be set off against the overall income referred to in I of Article 156. By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph, for the first three years of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating alcoholism and smoking.

Article L3822-4

…words: "L. 8113-1 to L. 8113-5 and L. 8113-7 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words: "154 to 156 of the aforementioned Law of 15 December 1952";5° Article L. 3515-2 is not applicable.Articles L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-96

All subscriptions are recorded in a subscription form drawn up in accordance with conditions laid down by decree.At least one quarter of the nominal value of shares subscribed for in cash must be paid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: National Commission for Voting Operations

Article R2122-44

The National Commission for Voting Operations is responsible for : 1° Giving an opinion on the conformity of the electoral propaganda documents of the trade union organisations whose candidacy is publ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-7

The following articles of the Electoral Code apply to the vote-counting operations and the proclamation of results, under the conditions laid down in Article D. 6213-1:1° Article R. 63 relating to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-7

The following articles of the Electoral Code shall apply to the process of counting the votes and declaring the results, under the conditions set out in Article D. 6313-1, the following articles of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Elections to the boards of the various councils

Article R4125-28

At the first meeting following the renewal by half and under the chairmanship of the oldest member, the Board concerned, meeting in plenary session, shall elect its Chairman and the other members of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-27

…h the provisions of article 133-12 of the Criminal Code, or whose conviction has been excluded from bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, in accordance with the provisions of articles 775-1 and 775-2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article R715-1

…e goods and services and monitors the use of the mark. The regulations for use are published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle. Any amended regulations for use submitted by the tra…

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