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Showing 16411650 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial organisation (R).

Article R1611-11

…ting officer under the conditions laid down in the instrument setting up the agency or agencies. On 31 December, the accounting officer shall record the expiry date of the personal support vouchers th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-158

…inancières de professions libérales constituées, en application du titre IV de la loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérales soumises à u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-33

…e quality control has led to the reporting of a risk of incident as provided for in Article R. 5212-31, the operator shall notify the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-2

…d in article L. 211-1 and for the insurance mentioned in g of article 7 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986, the new i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 A

I. - As from the first financial year opened after 31 December 1983, for crop production, income in progress consists solely of advances to crops which are entered, at their cost price, in the incomin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

…professional secrecy of the defence and counsel, provided for in article 66-5 of law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, except in the cases provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157 bis

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 31 December of the tax year, or meeting one of the disability conditions mentioned in article 195, may deduct an amount of:- €2,620 from their net overall income if t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-38

…e information requested by the issuing authority. However, subject to the provisions of Article 694-31 and Article 694-34, it must always grant the requests provided for in Article 694-33. The magistr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

By 31 December each year at the latest, the national joint employment and training committees with competence in the field of entertainment and sport propose for the following year, at the request of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-11

…n by regulation.Contractual assistant practitioners must apply for authorisation to practice before 31 December 2010.

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