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Showing 16211630 of 1991 articles for Art. 28 nov. 2007

French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…ticle does not apply to investments made before the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2011-1977 du 28 décembre 2011 de finances pour 2012, nor to operations for which the issue of an approval has bee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

…or more than three months as a job seeker, when recruitment took place after 9 June 1992 and before 28 May 2003;7° bis Termination of the employment contract of an employee who was over the age of for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…in the Internal Market referred to in paragraph 6 of Article 3 of the aforementioned Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 for the purposes of entering…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-1

…ficer or agent of the judicial police, an official or agent of an administration covered by Article 28 or a delegate or mediator of the public prosecutor, or, if the accused is detained, by the head o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…ates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 of Article 31 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-152-2

…re electronic signature of the registrar who drew them up, as defined by the décret n° 2017-1416 du 28 septembre 2017 relatif à la signature électronique; 4°They must be stored under conditions that p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution and transformation.

Article L5215-42

…nd obligations takes place, after the opinion of a commission composed as stated in article L. 5215-28. The community's personnel are allocated between the member municipalities or any of their cooper…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Radon management in establishments open to the public

Article R1333-34

…one radon volumetric activity measurement result exceeds the reference level set in article R. 1333-28 , the owner or, where applicable, the operator must implement corrective measures to improve the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-20

…order to ensure compliance with the health safety rules mentioned in articles R. 1211-25 to R. 1211-28-1, in accordance with the rules of good practice defined by the decree provided for in Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29

For the application of the provisions of 1° of Article R. 5121-28, the Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé may exempt the applicant for a marketing aut…

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