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Showing 20112020 of 3089 articles for Art. 23 nov. 2011

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article R752

…h of Article L. 101-2-1 of the French Planning Code, compared with the state of these same plots on 23 August 2021.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-48

…riod.In this position, they retain the benefit of the emoluments mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-23, when the assignment is carried out in the interests of the health care institution.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 septvicies

…llet 1989 tendant à améliorer les rapports locatifs et portant modification de la loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, que le contribuable acquiert entre le 1er janvier 2009 et le 31 décembre 2012 et q…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-25

…t paragraph do not apply to employee shareholders appointed as directors pursuant to article L. 225-23, nor to employees appointed as directors pursuant to articles L. 225-27 and L. 225-27-1.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-3

…2-1; 2° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "trainee" provided for in article L. 426-23; 3° The multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "student-mobility programme" provided f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9-3

Any combination of three breaches of the whereabouts obligations set out in article L. 232-15 during a continuous period of twelve months is subject to the administrative sanctions set out in articles…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the dat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

…les L. 612-20, L. 612-21, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 and L. 612-40 as well as article L. 612-23 for information received under article L. 612-24.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-1

…French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of Article L. 3842-4 as amended by Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for the justice system.Articles L. 3422-1 and L. 3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-10-1

…he information obligations resulting from the report mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 823-9 and, where applicable, the supplementary report provided for in III of article L. 823-16, as we…

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