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Showing 921930 of 47859 articles for Art. 151 septies · CE plén. 13 June 2018 n° 401942 · CE 17 May 1995 · CE 26 September 2018 · CE 28 April 2006 · CAA Paris 9 November 2011 · BOI-BIC-PVMV-40-10-10-10 et -20

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-10

…of the supporters' association must be sent to the prefect or, if the association's registered office is in Paris, by the police prefect, together with the following documents :a) A copy of the publi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-10

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may use a simplified calculation for a specific risk sub-module or module where this is justified by the nature, scale and complexity of the risks they face and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Professional economic development committees

Article 1039 A

…f article 1020, transfers made to a professional economic development committee governed by the loi n° 78-654 du 22 juin 1978, of assets of any kind belonging to an organisation with a similar purpose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-10

A medical biology examination may also be carried out at the patient's request, under the conditions of reimbursement and information set out inarticle L. 162-13-2 of the Social Security Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Abolition of replacement income.

Article R5426-10

The Director referred to in Article R. 5312-26 shall take a decision within fifteen days of the expiry of the ten-day period within which the person concerned may submit written observations or, if th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

…ded, in addition, for a period of thirty years when the author, composer or artist has died for France, as shown by the death certificate. In the event that the death certificate must neither be drawn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy.

Article L8113-10

Labour inspectors take an oath not to reveal any manufacturing secrets or operating processes of which they may become aware in the course of their duties. Breach of this oath is punishable in accorda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-109

The termination or cancellation of a lease (numbers 85 and 86 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° An emolument proportional to the rent for the remaining years of the lease, according to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-10

For pharmacy and medical biology, the jury draws up a list in order of merit of the successful candidates, within the limit of the maximum number of persons who may be admitted to the knowledge verifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-10

…seeks compensation for the harm suffered, it shall be brought under the individual compensation procedure defined in Chapter I of Title V of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of…

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