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Showing 34713480 of 21130 articles for Art. n° 86-10357 · Cass. 1re civ. 17 January 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R2334-1

…ment provided for in article L. 851-1 of the Social Security Code. This number is determined on 1st January of the year preceding the financial year for which the overall operating grant is allocated.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-1 (art. A212-1)

…omas and qualifications awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education DEUG "STAPS", awarded until 1st January 2024. 5 Supervising and leading physical or sporting activities at an introductory, maintena…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…wer to order this measure, subject to appeal, under the conditions set out in the article 24 of law n° 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 on the reform of certain judicial and legal professions; the Bar Coun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-29

…able other than the State or their insurers, in application of articles L. 1142-24-16 or L. 1142-24-17.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Municipal associations (R).

Article R2113-18

The provisions of articles R. 2511-17 and R. 2511-18 relating to the participation of associations in municipal life are applicable to communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-14

…llowance for primary school teachers under the conditions set out in articles R. 2334-15 to R. 2334-17.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-3

…Article L. 345-2 are drawn up in accordance with the rules laid down by Articles L. 233-16, L. 233-17-1 and L. 233-18 to L. 233-27 of the French Commercial Code. Undertakings which, although not requ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-2

…ductions from which he or she has benefited and order his or her re-incarceration. The articles 712-17 and 712-19 shall apply. II.-In all cases, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…To be eligible for the tax credit, the income of the tax household as defined in IV of article 1417 must not exceed 24,000 euros for one share of the family allowance for the penultimate year prece…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5216-1

…ion establishment subject to the provisions of article 1609 nonies C of the General Tax Code on 1st January 1999, if the municipal council of the municipality concerned has voted against the decree dr…

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