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Showing 38213830 of 4768 articles for Art. 15 févr. 2012

French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1730

…assessment or notification of the notice of assessment, without this increase being applied before 15 September for taxes assessed in respect of the current year;b. (Repealed)c. (Repealed).The provis…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Personal interview

Article R531-13

…se representatives to accompany the applicant to the personal interview, pursuant to article L. 531-15.Authorisation may only be requested by associations that have been duly registered for at least f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-53-1

…iod set in application of 4° bis of article 41-2.The provisions of the last paragraph of article R. 15-33-53 are applicable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1b: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article D8-3

The line managers likely to issue the authorisations mentioned in I of article 15-4 are: 1° For the national police, the directors of the territorial services of the national police, the directors of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1242-1

…made in application of such an agreement, or by foreign researchers temporarily residing in France;15° Fairground activities.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-9

…r of the Minister responsible for the economy for the persons mentioned in 1° to 8°, 10° to 11° and 15° of Article L. 561-2, with the exception of the persons mentioned in 2° of I of Article L. 561-36…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D775-39

…51no. 2021-1113 of 23 August 2021D. 561-52No. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020D. 561-53No. 2021-446 of 15 April 2021D. 561-54No. 2010-69 of 18 January 2010II. - For the application of I, in Article D. 56…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-3

…e purposes of this chapter, the secret basic nuclear installations defined in 1° of article L. 1333-15 of the Defence Code are considered to be a basic nuclear installation; 4° Reference level: the le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4113-35

…elating to professional non-trading companies, and those that may be included under articles 8, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the same law, relating respectively to the distribution of shares, the managers, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-17

…polling station, composed, except in the case mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 4125-15, of a chairman and at least two assessors, appointed by the Chairman of the Council concerned on…

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