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Showing 12911300 of 2927 articles for Art. 21 déc. 1993

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 296 bis

…in article 281 sexies; c. (Repealed). d. (Repealed) (1). (1) Repealed with effect from 1st January 1993.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-1

…adopted by a Member State of the European Union pursuant to Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts, where the contract has a close link with the territory o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L2223-44

Communal and inter-communal undertakers in existence on 9 January 1993, the date of publication of the loi n° 93-23 du 8 janvier 1993 modifiant le titre VI du livre III du code des communes et relativ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 H

For the application of articles 1609 nonies C, 1636 B sexies, 1636 B decies, 1638-0 bis, 1638 and 1638 quater to communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax sy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-24

…article L. 234-13 of the code des communes, as it stood prior to the loi n° 93-1436 du 31 décembre 1993 portant réforme de la dotation globale de fonctionnement et modifiant le code des communes et l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of the project owner.

Article R4532-4

…the preliminary design phase, within the meaning of article 4 of decree no. 93-1268 of 29 November 1993 relating to project management assignments entrusted by public contracting authorities to priva…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Vocational training and apprenticeships (R).

Article R1614-10

…which the region, pursuant to article L. 1614-7 and of Article 50 of Law no. 93-1313 of 20 December 1993 on work, employment and vocational training, is required to continue compiling statistics relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-3

…on of the commission set up by article L. 1614-3, based on the expenditure incurred by the State in 1993 for the actions mentioned in article R. 4332-4, after deduction of Community aid allocated to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disposals, acquisitions and transfers

Article R1333-156

The declaration provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1493/93 of 8 June 1993 on shipments of radioactive substances between Member States shall be deposited with the Institut de Rad…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octodecies

…ndustry or the Minister for Defence and tasked with implementing the Paris Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and…

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