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Showing 111120 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1521

Where it has been stipulated that the spouse or his or her heirs will only have a certain share in the community, such as one-third or one-quarter, the spouse thus reduced or his or her heirs only bea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5 : Taxpayers with professional income in different categories

Article 155

…an industrial or commercial business extends its activity to operations whose results fall into the category of agricultural profits or profits from non-commercial professions, these results are taken…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15

The right of access to and rectification of the data mentioned in Article R. 2122-12, provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-15

…s possession or that of his agents. It prohibits him from issuing cheques in the future, except for cash withdrawal or certified cheques, until the situation has been rectified in accordance with the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC and Articles 56 and 110 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. II.The rights of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-150

…ces, the following data: 1° The registration number of the prescribing veterinarian; 2° The identification of the farm when the veterinary medicinal products are intended for animals belonging to spec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-151

…or medicinal products for human use containing one or more antibiotic substances prescribed in application of article L. 5143-4, the following data: 1° The identifier of the national file of health an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-12

As soon as a payment service provider managing accounts has a dedicated interface complying with the obligations set out in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 Novembe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…ts are chosen from natural or legal persons who appear on the national list drawn up by the Cour de cassation or on one of the lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…ty applies to coal extracted on foreign territory and brought to light by wells and installations located in France.This royalty does not apply to hydrocarbons extracted from deposits located beyond 1…

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