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Showing 39813990 of 22276 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · Cass. 3e civ. 16 February 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Research, clinical investigations and performance studies covered by national defence secrets

Article L1123-18

…and National Security Committee for the Protection of Individuals mentioned in I of Article L. 1123-16 and, in the case of research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1, clinical investigations mentio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A ter

…status may, by means of a concordant decision taken under the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute a 30% allowance applied to the rental value of premises used for residential p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6 - Financial monitoring of the unemployment insurance scheme

Article L5422-25

Each year, by 15 October at the latest, the Government sends Parliament and the social partners managing the body referred to in Article L. 5427-1 a report on the financial situation of the unemployme…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

Where an insurance policy has been taken out to cover the financial consequences of the civil liability of the perpetrator of an accident resulting from hunting or the destruction of vermin, the provi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation.

Article R512-4

…tember 1953;13° Le groupement interprofessionnel des fleurs et des plantes à parfum créé par la loi n° 41-3408 du 16 juillet 1941 ;14° The mixed syndicates provided for in Book VII of Part 5 of the Ge…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2191-19

…ent is less than 80% of the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 2191-16 to R. 2191-18, the reimbursement of the advance payment must be completed when the amount of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-24

A UCITS may invest up to 20% of its assets in units or shares of the same UCITS governed by French or foreign law or FIA governed by French law or established in another Member State of the European U…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-21

The representative of a list checks and certifies that this list meets the conditions laid down in articles L. 1441-18 to L. 1441-20. The individual candidacy declarations of each candidate on the lis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and obligations of jobseekers

Article R5524-1

For the application of article R. 5411-6 to Mayotte, the words: "under 2° and 3° of article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "under article 20-8-1 of order no. 96-1122…

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