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Showing 19711980 of 2273 articles for Art. 238 bis K

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-20-1

…h programmes;5° Fire and rescue services, subject to the provisions of Chapter IV of Title II of Book IV of Part One;6° Organisation of mobility, within the meaning of the articles L. 1231-1, L. 1231-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…financing services in respect of their activities referred to in Article L. 547-4 and issuers of tokens referred to in Article L. 561-2 , 7°b and providers referred to in Article L. 561-2, 7°c ; 3° B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-42

…gn qualification from outside the European Union authorised to pursue a course of consolidation of skills in medicine, under conditions laid down by decree issued after consultation with the Conseil n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

The transfer of an employee included in a partial transfer of an undertaking or establishment by application of article L. 1224-1 may only take place after authorisation by the Labour Inspector if the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…non-renewal of a temporary employee's assignment by the temporary employment contractor may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector when the employee holds one of the following ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-79

…decision by the AMF, the authorisation is deemed to have been granted. If an express decision is taken, it is communicated to the general meeting.The resolution of the General Meeting referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-1

…Ministers for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, the Environment, Health and Labour, carries out the tasks and prerogatives mentioned in Article L. 1313-1. With regard to genetically modified organisms, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3

…contents of a non-electronic database subject to respect for copyright or related rights in the works or elements incorporated in the database;3° The extraction and re-use of a database under the con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-4

…to comply with the obligations incumbent upon him or her under 1°, 2°, 3°, 8°, 9°, 14°, 17° and 17° bis of article 138. The person may then, on the decision of a judicial police officer, be held for a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter S

…long as the advance has not been repaid in full, it appears that the conditions mentioned in I, VI bis and VI ter of Article 244 quater U set for the granting of the repayable advance have not been m…

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