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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 E

When securities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

…demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission to the assignor of information on the number of acts of downloadi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-380

…to contractual employees of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 as amended relating to the statutory provisions governing the hospital civil service are applic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 ter

…first paragraph of Article 706 are recruited as contract agents. The décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents non titulaires de l'Etat shall apply…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L670-8

…the assets of a debtor who has been the subject of receivership proceedings opened after 1 January 1986.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D2321-16

Where a secondary or special education establishment, which was municipal on 1 January 1986, the date of transfer of responsibility, forms part of a school complex comprising one or more other establi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Partitioning and similar transactions

Article 750 bis A

…herited property meeting the conditions set out in II of Article 750, established between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, are exempt from the 2.50% tax on the value of buildings located in Corsic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L3261-1

…d their public establishments, establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and public interest groups.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D2321-8

…and operation of secondary and special education establishments that were municipal on 1st January 1986, the date of transfer of responsibility, as well as their sports teaching annexes is, in the ab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Staff

Article R621-48

…ctual agents governed by public law are subject to the provisions of Decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to contractual agents of the State, with the exce…

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