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Showing 741750 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R1418-15

…s in particular a) A report on organ, tissue and cell retrieval and transplantation activities, medically assisted procreation, prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis, embryology and medica…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-15

…ents is regulated and they hold one or more attestations of competence or evidence of formal qualifications issued by the competent authority of their home State. A Conseil d'Etat decree sets the cond…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L112-12

Where the payee of a payment offers a discount to the payer for the use of a given payment instrument, the payee shall inform the payer before the payment transaction is initiated.The payee may not ch…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 octies

I. - 1. The business value added contribution is payable by the taxpayer who carries on the business on 1 January of the tax year.2. However, in the event of a contribution, transfer of business, deme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Flat-rate tax on pylons

Article 1519 A

…the first paragraph is collected for the benefit of the municipalities.The tax is declared electronically and settled:1°For those liable for value added tax, on the annex to the declaration mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-15

…eading to the issue of an operating licence as referred to in article L. 3332-1-1.In the light of local circumstances, the representative of the State in the département may, by order, delegate to a m…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Penalties

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-15

An order imposing a sanction on members of the association's management or liquidators may only be appealed immediately.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-15

…eir beneficiaries, on the one hand, and the liable parties or their insurers, on the other. In such cases, the Insurer acts as the principal claimant and may avail itself of all remedies available by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Additional tax on undeveloped property

Article 1519 I

…private streets;3° pleasure grounds, parks and gardens and water features;4° railways, navigation canals and outbuildings;5° grounds of built properties and rural buildings, yards and outbuildings.I…

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