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Showing 25712580 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-21-4

…ctivity related to the exercise of local mandates in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 6313-1 to D. 6313-3-2, R. 6323-31 to R. 6323-40, R. 6323-45, and R. 6351-1 to R. 6363-1 of the Labour…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-77

For the purposes of 1° of I of article L. 214-31, a company is deemed to carry out its activities mainly in establishments located in the regions or geographical area chosen by a local investment fund…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-15

…of affected parties in accordance with the third sentence of the second paragraph of Article L. 626-31-1, the president of the court or his delegate may allocate remuneration to the plan implementatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-137

…pean Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Associate assistants.

Article R6152-542

…fession of doctor, dental surgeon or pharmacist as defined in II of article L. 4111-2, article L. 4131-1-1, article L. 4141-3-1, article L. 4221-14-1 and article L. 4221-14-2, to complete the adaptati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article R6152-632

…eeds that arise outside the scope of their duties.The provisions of the first paragraph apply until 31 December 2022.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of employment

Article R6152-814

…tioners born before 1 July 1951 ;2° Fifty-six months for practitioners born between 1 July 1951 and 31 December 1951;3° Fifty-one months for practitioners born in 1952;4° Forty-six months for practiti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-5

…initive cessation, withdrawal or suspension of an activity issued in application of article L. 1333-31.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 quinquies A

…e declaration is submitted after the deadline, the allowance applies for the period remaining after 31 December of the year in which the declaration was submitted.This allowance applies to tax assesse…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 C

…l'article 5 de la loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 précitée.The amount of this tax is set before 31 December each year, for the following year, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of…

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