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Showing 60116020 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-2

Professionals likely to exchange or share information relating to the same person receiving care belong to the following two categories:1° The healthcare professionals mentioned in Part Four of this C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-8

…ating to :1° The name or administrative address of the establishment or organisation, or where applicable the authorised site;2° The appointment of a new director of the establishment or authorised bo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 C

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of I of Article 1640 B, the reference communal and inter-communal rates are defined as follows:1. For communes that are not members in 2010 of a public…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article L2123-2

…pal councillors in municipalities with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants.Hours not used during a quarter cannot be carried over.When a deputy or councillor deputises for the mayor under the conditions set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-7

…pening judgment, with the exception of payment by way of set-off of related claims. It also automatically entails a prohibition on payment of any claim arising after the opening judgment, not mentione…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…ed by the European Commission under the conditions defined by Article 26 of Directive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Direc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-1

I. - The application for approval or amendment of the approved specification, together with all the documents relating to the application, shall be sent to the National Institute of Industrial Propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 953

…Passports issued in France are subject to stamp duty, the rate for which is set at €89.If the applicant provides two passport photographs, as provided for in Article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 of 30…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-6

…ate of the border police or the general directorate of the national gendarmerie, for identity verification missions provided for by article 78-3 of the code of criminal procedure;4° Customs officers u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L4141-2

…egional council ;6° Decisions relating to the exercise of public authority prerogatives, taken by local semi-public companies on behalf of a region or a public establishment for inter-regional coopera…

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