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Showing 631640 of 45497 articles for Art. Loi 2019-222 du 23-3-2019

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-23

…ployees. The contribution base is set by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, higher education, the interior and health.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 236 ter

…or archaeological operations that constitute an element of the cost price of a fixed asset may be deducted from the results of the financial year in which they are incurred, if they are carried out in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2191-23

The services provided by the holder of a contract which give rise to the payment of advances or instalments, to final partial settlement, or to payment of the balance, shall be recorded in a document…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2306-1

The benefit of division must be invoked by the guarantor as soon as the first proceedings are brought against it. It can only be invoked between solvent guarantors. The insolvency of a guarantor on th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2305-1

The benefit of discussion must be invoked by the guarantor from the first proceedings brought against him. The guarantor must indicate to the creditor the debtor's assets that may be seized, which may…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2306-2

If the creditor has divided his action of his own accord, he can no longer go back on that division, even if there were insolvent sureties at the time of the action.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-23

…ir traditional use in the claimed indication;-the safety of the homeopathic veterinary medicinal product, particularly with regard to the degree of dilution of each of the constituents.III. - For the…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies

…o be set by decree (1), but no earlier than 1 January 1972, by companies subject to income tax as industrial and commercial profits or corporation tax, on the disposal of buildings which they have bui…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article D312-23

…his name and on his behalf, for the designation of a credit institution in accordance with the procedure set out in III of Article L. 312-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-23

The capital of the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel may not be formed by share subscriptions. It must be formed by member-policyholders by means of shares. These shares are in registered form. They a…

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