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Showing 11711180 of 3161 articles for Art. 20 Nov 1979

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States

Article L694-1

…referred to in b of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Article 60 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2015/848, the provisions of Article L. 692-4 shall apply. The insolvency practitioner appointed in i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States

Article R694-1

…apply to the suspension measure referred to in Article 60 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 G

…to the issue of copies and information provided for by articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articles 10 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 et 9 du décret n°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…nefiting from approval granted by the Minister for Culture under the conditions defined by articles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies

…and wages.The same applies to the allowances provided for in Article 1 of Law no. 79-563 of 6 July 1979 relating to the allowance of representatives to the European Parliament and in Article 9 of Eur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B nonies

…ing two-thirds of the population, to totally or partially maintain the rate differences existing in 1979 between the grouped communes for the council tax on secondary residences and other furnished pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-3

…pplication of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, done at Dublin on 4 December 1979, any person guilty of any of the following offences may be prosecuted and tried under the condi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-3

Mayotte may be the subject of specific agreements concluded pursuant to Article L. 5422-20, under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 5422-20-1 and L. 5422-20-2. The provisions of Section 3 of Cha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R782-5

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the excep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R783-5

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the excep…

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