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Showing 55415550 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R4381-25

…ion is the joint practice of the profession of nurse or masseur-physiotherapist. Such companies are called "sociétés civiles professionnelles d'infirmiers ou d'infirmières ou de masseurs-kinésithérape…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-27

If the constituent agreement so provides, the General Meeting may elect from among its members a select committee to which it delegates, for a fixed renewable term, some of its powers from among those…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-9

…ion whose statutory purpose is to defend the victims of an offence falling within the scope of application of the same article 706-16 and which brings together several of these victims may, if it has…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

…biomédecine. They are exclusively intended to enable the pursuit of a parental project through medically assisted procreation or the restoration of the applicant's fertility or hormonal function, to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…tions and social security contributions;6° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…ions and social security contributions; 4° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

I. - By way of derogation from Article 509-2, applications for the recognition or establishment of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign notarial authentic instruments pursuant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-1

I.-The information document to be drawn up pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 in the event of a public offer of financial securities or the admission of financial securities to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-5

…perty tax on non-built properties, council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the main dwelling and property tax on built properties, excluding the compensation mentione…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-43

The management company may not, on behalf of a fund, carry out any transactions other than forward or spot purchases or sales of its assets which are not traded on a financial instruments market withi…

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