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Showing 60116020 of 8144 articles for Art. 9 juill. 1979

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

Article L232-10

…ore substances or methods included on the list of prohibited substances mentioned in article L. 232-9. The following do not constitute a breach of this prohibition a) Actions undertaken in good faith…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6

…he Labour Code shall be replaced by the reference to Article 134 of Law No. 52-1322 of 15 December 1952; 2° Article L. 1333-9 shall not apply; 3° The last paragraph of I of Article L. 1333-13 shall re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 242 ter

…is declaration does not concern:1° Exempt income and interest referred to in 7°, 7° ter, 7° quater, 9° bis and 9° quater of article 157 ;2° (Not applicable);3° (Repealed);4° Income from holdings distr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-2

…tional royalty to which concessionaires of hydroelectric waterfalls are subject pursuant to article 9 of the law of 16 October 1919 on the use of hydroelectric energy ; 8° Proceeds from copies of admi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

…uropean Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union done at Brussels on 26 May 1997, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 : 1° Any Community…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-10

…the investment of available funds; 7° Acquisitions, exchanges and disposals of property; 8° Loans; 9° donations and legacies 10° Transactions involving amounts in excess of a threshold set by the Boa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health and the environment

Article L1533-1

…V of the Labour Code is replaced by the reference to Article 134 of Law no. 52-1322 of 15 December 1952; 2° Article L. 1333-9 does not apply; 3° The last paragraph of I of Article L. 1333-13 reads as…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-11

…e) Other investments are recorded at their book value determined in accordance with articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10, unless another value is determined by an expert appraisal carried out in accordance…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-10

By way of derogation from article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 635

…fer of additional property or rights to the trustee under the conditions provided for in Article 2019 of the Civil Code;9° A transaction providing, in return for the payment of a sum of money or the g…

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