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Showing 53415350 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 568 bis

As an exception to Article 568, in the overseas departments, from 1 January 2019 only persons who are qualified traders and hold a licence granted on behalf of the department by the president of the d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-5

…and activity recorded in the establishment. The authority responsible for receiving the application may, within two months of receiving it, ask the applicant to amend its commitments. The application…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-50

If the administration finds that the list does not meet the conditions set out in article L. 6156-3, it will give the list delegate a reasoned decision declaring the list inadmissible. This decision i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-56

No sum may be charged to the consumer for a call from mainland France, the overseas departments and regions and the territorial collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miq…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-6

…ll. Where the civil solidarity pact is terminated by the death of one of the partners, the survivor may avail himself of the provisions of the first two paragraphs of article 763.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Issuing cheques in several copies

Article L131-56

…ice versa, or issued and payable in the same part or in various overseas parts of the same country, may be drawn up in several identical copies. Where a cheque is drawn up in several copies, these cop…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Abnormally low tenders

Article R2152-5

…ser who finds that a tender is abnormally low as a result of the tenderer having received State aid may reject the tender on this ground alone only if the tenderer is unable to demonstrate, within a s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-50

…orsican Executive Council shall remit to the accounting officer of the Corsican regional authority, duly summarised on an issue slip, a copy in the form of all leases, contracts, judgments, wills, dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Relay doctors

Article R3413-5

A relay doctor may ask the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to be removed from the list by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. He shall immediately inform the magistrates…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article R4142-5

…in mainland France; 2° Four pairs for the regional and inter-regional councils in Corsica, Reunion-Mayotte and Antilles-Guyane. Each departmental council is represented by at least one pair. However,…

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