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Showing 26712680 of 2923 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 30 Nov. 2018 – no. 2018-749 QPC

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-17

…member municipalities under the conditions provided for in 3 of 3° of B of III of article 85 of law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 of finance for 2006 (1). The transfer of powers is pronounced by o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Departmental Commission for Intercommunal Cooperation

Article L5211-43

…s grouped within electoral colleges determined according to the demographic size of the communes;2° 30% by representatives of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax sy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-41

…the sector in question is greater than 50%. This weighting is calculated by taking into account: a) 30% of the audience of the organisation(s) that denounced the agreement, with regard to the total nu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R613-28

…m, instrument or right is deemed to be unstructured within the meaning of 4° of I of Article L. 613-30-3 a security, claim, instrument or right that has the following characteristics: 1° The principal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article R1453-14

…from the authority to which the public official concerned reports, pursuant toArticle 10 of Decree no. 2020-69 of 30 January 2020 relating to ethical controls in the civil service; 3° A summary, in F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R2111-1

…ional or regular care, specified in the written protocol referred to in 3° of II of article R. 2324-30 of this code and which have been explained to him/her by the "Health and Inclusive Childcare" ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-2

…ell as the health safety rules relating to gametes for donation" are deleted; 9° In article R. 2141-30, the words: "mentioned in 4° to 7° of article R. 2142-29" are replaced by the words: "defined by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…3-2 of the same code, are subject to a tax to finance the support fund created by Article 92 of Law No. 2013-1278 du 29 December 2013 de finances pour 2014, in respect of their activity carried out on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1763 C

…in that same article, its investment quota provided for, as the case may be, in I of article L. 214-30 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in I of l'article L. 214-31 of the same code or VI ter of art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-5

…n substituted shall retain these deposits, with the privilege conferred upon them by Article L. 613-30-3. II. - Without prejudice to the exclusions provided for in application of I and II of Article L…

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