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Showing 10711080 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Procedures to be observed by persons sterilising medical devices

Article R5211-52

Any person who sterilizes with a view to placing on the market CE-marked medical devices designed by their manufacturer to be sterilized before use or systems or kits referred to in Section 10 of this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-21-2

Investment firms shall require the instruments referred to in Article L. 533-30-11 to be held for a minimum period defined under the conditions set out in Article L. 533-30-1 so as to align the incent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 I

I. - An additional tax to the property tax on non-built-up properties is introduced for the benefit of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own taxat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

On the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 142…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-1

…he same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-108

…tal pursuant to the article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, shall be completed in accordance with the rules laid down by the article 52 of Decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-3

…using the leasing facility is considered to be a user within the meaning of Article 5 b of Ordonnance n° 67-837 of 28 September 1967.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 P

The tax credit defined in article 244 quater O is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company under the conditions set out in article 199 ter N.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Agents appointed by agreement.

Article 813

…ation of the estate to one of them or to a third party. The mandate is governed by articles 1984 to 2010. When at least one heir has accepted the succession up to the amount of the net assets, the man…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-10

…the former communes from which the new commune is formed are established within the new commune, except where the concordant deliberations of the municipal councils taken pursuant to Article L. 2113-…

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