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Showing 901910 of 2450 articles for Art. aff. 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 F

…able in the context of the transactions provided for in 1° of Article 5 of Law no. 86-793 of 2 July 1986 and Title IV of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R151-6

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° The references to the court of appeal are replaced by the reference to the appeal chamber of the court of appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion in Mamoudz…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-172

For the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 and in II of article L. 5121-12-1, the obligations set out in article R. 5121-161 and articles R. 5121-166 to R. 5121-170 are car…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-8

For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in article L. 4113-7, the words: "or the medical information mentioned in article L. 161-29 of the Social Security Code" are repl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-362

…n of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6152-39, on the list drawn up in application ofarticle 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the appointment of approved doctors, the organi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other pharmacists

Article R5126-94

The provisions of article R. 5126-84 apply to the in-house pharmacies of the Paris fire brigade or the Marseille marine fire brigade, with the exception of the provisions qualifying fire brigade pharm…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 360

Simple adoption confers on the adopted person a filiation which is added to his or her filiation of origin in accordance with the procedures laid down in this chapter. The adopted person continues to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-7

Contracts entered into prior to 1 January 1986 between a performer and a producer of an audiovisual work or their assignees shall be subject to the foregoing provisions in respect of the modes of expl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-21-1

The credit institutions referred to in Title I of Book V of this Code shall send by electronic means, at least once a year, to the group referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 161-17-1 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-544

…the organisation of work in the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, with the exception of those of…

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