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Showing 24612470 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-27

…mployed workers with the insurance allowance are set by the agreements mentioned in article L. 5422-20.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Falsified medicinal products

Article L5421-13

…uthorised in accordance with article L. 5124-3, brokers declared in accordance with article L. 5124-20, dispensing pharmacists holding the licence mentioned in article L. 5125-18 and in-house pharmaci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-2-1

…stablishment are less than or equal to 110% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20.The allowances voted by the territorial council for the actual performance of the duties of vice-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article R41-3

…voluntarily within one month of the date of dispatch, the amount of the sums due will be reduced by 20%. This information is also communicated to the accused when the criminal order is notified to him…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the different types of pledge

Article D211-13

…hs do not apply when the secured creditor is the account keeper referred to in II of article L. 211-20 or the manager of the computerised identification process.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-92

…supervision and complies with one of the criteria set out in b to d of 3° of I of article R. 214-32-20; 2° They have a term of twelve months or less; 3° They may be repaid or withdrawn at any time at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-11-1

…threshold referred to in the sixth paragraph of this same article corresponds to a net turnover of 20 million euros. This amount is defined in accordance with the provisions of the fifth paragraph of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-14

…xpenditure, in proportion to the number of pupils domiciled on the territory of each of them; - for 20% of expenditure, in proportion to tax potential. When the pupils of a commune are divided between…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article D5217-21

…nditure from the investment section and a revenue from the operating section.For the application of 20° of article L. 5217-12-1, the metropolitan authority proceeds with the annual write-back of equip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-12

…ory of a health establishment or to an expert biologist on the list provided for in Article R. 3354-20; 2° The second sample, together with one copy of sheets A and B, to another expert biologist on t…

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