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Showing 40714080 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-52

…esponsibility for expenses relating to rescue operations under the conditions set by article L. 742-11 of the French Internal Security Code;d) Informing the public and raising awareness of risks affec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special control rules.

Article L1246-1

…film production and sound recording publishing sectors, the control agents mentioned in article L. 8112-1 as well as the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the regional cult…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Advisory Committee

Article 211-94

…ives of production employees;9° Two representatives of directors;10° Two representatives of authors;11° Two representatives of performers;12° One person qualified by virtue of his/her directing and pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis B

…reprise de presse, sont exemptes de tous impôts et taxes.Dations in payment referred to in articles 11, 13 and 24 de la loi du 2 août 1954 précitée ne pourront donner lieu à aucun impôt ni taxe.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

…spond via the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to duly justified…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-22

…ure; 3° The procedures for verifying the professional qualifications referred to in article L. 4321-11 ; 4° The procedures for applying the obligation to transmit the information referred to in Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article R652-1

…23-1 to R. 623-3 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 623-4 Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019 R. 623-5 to R. 623-33 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Additional penalties and liability of legal persons

Article L823-16

…1-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 823-11 or in Article L. 823-12 of this Code shall incur, in addition to a fine in accordance with the te…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R421-12

…ence permit bearing the wording "talent passport-European Blue Card" provided for in article L. 421-11 and the multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "talent-researcher passport" or "talent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-5

…edonia or French Polynesia;c) One mayor from a tourist commune within the meaning of article L. 133-11 of the Tourism Code;d) Three mayors of communes with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants;e) One mayor of…

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