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Showing 331340 of 34927 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 22-D-10 du 12 Apr 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-10

…istry of Veterans and Victims of War or the health insurance bodies on the basis of the former procedure for approval of reimbursement for the supply of orthopaedic appliances, the list of which is pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Levy on fixed-income investment income and income from European capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125 D

I. - Individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B who belong to a tax household whose reference tax income for the penultimate year, as defined in 1° of IV of art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 D

The debt securities referred to in the first paragraph of article 124 B must be registered in an account or nominative deposit with the persons referred to in article 242 ter for the assessment of inc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Execution studies

Article D2171-12

If the main contractor's team identified in the overall contract has not drawn up the execution studies or the summary plans, it must ensure that the documents it has not drawn up comply with the prov…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: The national plant variety authority

Article D412-12

…dentifiable within the budget and accounts of the public interest grouping mentioned in article L. 412-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-12

Any person carrying on the activity referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7 displays, in a legible and comprehensible manner, at the top of each page of comparison results and before th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Rent.

Article D145-12

The departmental conciliation commission provided for by article L. 145-35 is made up of lessors and lessees, on the one hand, and qualified persons, on the other. It comprises one or more sections, e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-12

…tion that he or she may at any time request that a doctor check that the implementation of the procedure described in Article R. 57-11 does not present any inconvenience to his or her health.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-12

The public prosecutor who receives an admissible claim shall immediately inform the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance of the cancellation of the enforcement order in resp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D144-12

…r ordered on the basis of Articles L. 653-1 et seq. of the Commercial Code may be disclosed for the duration of the corresponding measure. IV. - When the position of company director or the entreprene…

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