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Showing 26712680 of 2859 articles for Art. 23 févr. 1994

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-24

…tary service; 4° The allowance received as part of the civic service referred to in articles R. 121-23 and R. 121-24 of the National Service Code; 5° The allowance provided for by decree no. 2005-888…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 bis

…buildings not covered by article 1500 and to 1.03 for all other built properties; n. In respect of 1994, to 1 for non-built properties, to 1.01 for industrial buildings not covered by article 1500 an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…of the publication of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021 transposing Article 2(6) and Articles 17 to 23 of Directive 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIIa: Basic excess

Article 293 B

…I and IV cease to apply to taxable persons whose turnover for the current year exceeds €58,600 and €23,700 respectively. They become liable for value added tax on the supply of services and the supply…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…341-7, L. 440-6 to L. 440-10, L. 500-1, L. 511-37, L. 511-38, L. 531-8, L. 531-12, L. 533-5, L. 533-23, L. 542-1, L. 561-2, L. 561-10-3, L. 561-32, L. 561-36-1, L. 573-1-1 and L. 573-2-1 to L. 573-6 a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…1563 of 16 December 2010 L. 5721-7-1 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 5721-8 law no. 2016-341 of 23 March 2016 L. 5721-9 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004II. - For the application of article L. 57…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

…oned in Annex III to Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards procedures for verifying equivalent standards of quality and safety of imported tis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-3

…Director General of the Regional Health Agency, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to D. 6122-44-1. The documents in the supporting file provided for in article R. 6122-32 are supp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R773-10

…5 and R. 519-6n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-7n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-8n° 2022-1456 of 23 November 2022R. 519-9 to R. 519-11, R. 519-11-3 and R. 519-12n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-13…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R775-9

…5 and R. 519-6n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-7n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-8n° 2022-1456 of 23 November 2022R. 519-9 to R. 519-11, R. 519-11-3 and R. 519-12n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-13…

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