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Showing 581590 of 35258 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 16-D-24 du 8 Nov 2016

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-8

…rised under Article L. 513-11-1 shall send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé an annual activity report, the form and content of which shal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2490

…"Court" or "court of appeal" by: "chambre d'appel de Mamoudzou";3° "Juge d'instance" by: "président du tribunal de première instance ou son délégué";4° "Département" or "arrondissement" by: "collectiv…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…of any kind owed by the syndicate of co-owners relating to the current year and the last four years due are guaranteed on the lot sold by the debtor co-owner; 4° The claim of an heir or co-partitioner…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article D2333-82-2

…rate a casino pursuant to article L. 321-1 of the Internal Security Code must declare and pay the deductions made in respect of their gaming activity during the month following that in which the trans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules specific to the drawing of lots

Article D1411-58-8

…lled upon to designate a single member or an odd number of members as mentioned in article D. 1411-58-7. The number of ballot papers marked "woman" and the number marked "man" is determined in such a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-10

The amount of the fees and commissions mentioned in the second paragraph of VII of article 885-0 V bis of the General Tax Code charged in respect of the same payment mentioned in 1 to 3 of I or 1 of I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-1

…ons charged for the management, marketing and investment of the funds referred to in Article D. 214-80 are broken down into the following aggregate categories, according to the types defined by the Au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article D6132-13-8

I.-The grouping's unified nursing, re-education and medico-technical care commission is consulted on :1° The grouping's shared care project ;2° The nursing, re-education and medico-technical care proj…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval

Article L214-24-24

The formation, conversion or liquidation of a general-purpose investment fund or a subfund of a general-purpose investment fund is subject to authorisation by the Autorité des marchés financiers.The A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L4132-24

The State representative in the region is responsible for national interests, compliance with the law and, under the conditions laid down by this code, administrative control. Under the conditions lai…

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