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Showing 411420 of 56635 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1409 of 29-12-2023

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4126-29

The decision contains the names of the parties, the professional qualification of the practitioner who is the subject of the complaint, an analysis of the conclusions and pleadings as well as referenc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-29

Unless otherwise agreed, each of the authors of the audiovisual work may freely dispose of that part of the work which constitutes his or her personal contribution with a view to its exploitation in a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-29

Where the insurer covering civil liability in respect of a motorised land vehicle has not been notified of the road traffic accident within one month of the accident, the period provided for in the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-29

This list of candidates is composed, for each organisation, in such a way that the difference between the number of women and men among the number of councillors appointed to each council is no greate…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-29

When the financial guarantee results from membership of a group of associations or non-profit organisations registered in the register referred to in article L. 141-3, the association or non-profit or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 290 bis

…iting from the flat-rate refund (1) issue the latter with certificates each year showing the amount of their purchases paid for the previous year. In addition, these purchasers issue the same farmers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 290 quater

…ocedures for applying the first paragraph, in particular the obligations incumbent on the operators of a venue, as well as the manufacturers, importers or merchants of admission tickets, are laid down…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 290 quinquies

Any provision of services including the execution of real estate work, whether or not accompanied by a sale, supplied to private individuals by a person liable for value added tax, must be the subject…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Cross-country skiing and non-motorised snow sports other than downhill skiing

Article L342-29

In conjunction with the national association mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 342-27, the purpose of the departmental, interdepartmental or regional association created in application o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article L341-29

…recommendation or providing the borrower with a recommendation that does not meet the requirements of Article L. 313-13 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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