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Showing 19711980 of 43840 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-3-2021 n° 19-21.463 FS-P

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment

Article L214-24-17

The valuation is carried out impartially and with the necessary skill, care and diligence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-17

The provisions of article R. 6153-19 relating to the procedure before the medical committee are applicable to junior doctors.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740 A

The fact of knowingly issuing documents, such as certificates, receipts, statements, invoices or attestations, enabling a taxpayer to unduly obtain a deduction from taxable income or profit, a tax cre…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-17

Where the purchaser lays down requirements relating to subcontracts, it may in particular request, in the notice of invitation to tender, that the tenderer's offer include: 1° An indication of the par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1702 bis

When it is necessary to request in several departments responsible for land registration, either the registration of the same deed not giving rise to the merged formality and subject to the land regis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-17

The municipality draws up the list of bathing waters for the following bathing season, based on a summary of the comments made by the public, the responses from the registrants of bathing facilities a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-17

No clinical investigation may be carried out on a person without his free and informed consent, obtained in writing under the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2017/…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1735 quater

The obstacle to access to records or documents on a computer medium, to their reading or seizure, referred to in IVa of Article L. 16 B and to 4 and 4 bis of Article L. 38 of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-17

The provisions of this section are implemented, as far as possible, prior to the release of a convicted prisoner. However, when the person has been convicted of a crime referred to inarticle 706-53-13…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Ethics, Science and Education Committee

Article R1261-17

I.-The ethics, scientific and educational committee mentioned in article R. 1261-15 must be referred to by the head of the body reception facility concerning: 1° Medical training programmes and resear…

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