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Showing 39713980 of 29800 articles for Art. 15 mai 1990

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-20

…4-13 and R. 3354-14 and one or more expert doctors whose duties are provided for in article R. 3354-15 are entered under a special heading on the list of experts drawn up by each court of appeal in ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-83

…alendar year, is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by 15 February at the latest. The authorisation provided for in Article R. 5132-74 may require its hold…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-126

Veterinarians providing the services referred to in Article L. 5141-15 who comply with the provisions of Article L. 241-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code may use in France veterinary medicinal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…1 January 1983 and 31 December 1989 and eight years for bonds or contracts taken out from 1 January 1990, the following is applied, for all bonds or contracts held by the same taxpayer, an annual allo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-1

I.-When sports associations and sports companies take part in sports events or competitions for which the marketing and management of the exploitation rights are assigned to the commercial company men…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

Any termination of the employment contract of an employee of an age determined by decree giving entitlement to payment of the insurance allowance provided for in article L. 351-3 entails the obligatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-1

…5311-1 with the exception of 5°, subject to the provisions of article L. 1222-9, and 11°, 14° and 15°, used in the course of these activities, are required to take out insurance to cover their civil…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

…ons of the regulatory technical standard adopted pursuant to Articles 45.9 and 45.10 of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article L518-24-1

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, within the framework of the missions mentioned in Article L. 518-2, may, after authorisation from the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget and by wr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-46

…07% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than or equal to €615,000;- 227.30% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €615,000 and less than or…

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