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Showing 401410 of 58186 articles for Art. Loi 2013-98 du 28-1-2013

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-281

When the person registered in the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector no longer meets the conditions for benefiting from the particulars provided for in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-28

The organisation files an application for authorisation with the prefect, indicating: - the legal status of the organisation; - the identity of its managers or directors responsible; - the technical a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-28

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289-0

I. - The invoicing rules provided for in Article 289 apply to transactions deemed to be located in France pursuant to Articles 258 to 259 D, excluding those carried out by a taxable person who has est…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…64-1328 of 26 December 1964 authorising the approval of the Council of Europe Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Powers

Article L5842-28

I. - Articles L. 5216-5 with the exception of II bis, V and VII, and articles L. 5216-6 to L. 5216-7-1 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-28

The Commission draws up its own rules of procedure, which set out the conditions under which it operates. They are forwarded to the conciliation and compensation commissions for medical accidents, iat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-28

For the application of 4° and 5° of I ofArticle 7 of Order no. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 as amended relating to medical biology, at least one examination per family of medical biology examinations sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-28

…4-7) Designation of service Fee 113 Delivery of the writ of execution by the bailiff under the procedure provided for in article 1244-4 of the French Civil Code 24.80 € 114 Procès-verbal de descriptio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A ter: Individual identification number

Article 286 ter

The following shall be identified by an individual number:1° Every taxable person who carries out supplies of goods or services entitling him to deduction; a) (Repealed) b) (Repealed) c) (Repealed)2°…

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