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Showing 39313940 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-18

…he Council of State sets out: 1° The conditions under which the reports establishing the state of abandonment are drawn up; 2° The methods of publicity that must be used to bring the reports to the at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-1

…neral Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has been appointed, of a S…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The departments and units referred to in article 15-1

Article R15-18

The active departments of the national police within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction covers the entire national territory are as fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-18

…or higher education establishment; 2° For those who have rendered or may render by their abilities and talents significant services to France;3° For foreign nationals who present an exceptional path…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-2

Outside the cases provided for by articles 706-139-1 and D. 47-37-1, where the examining magistrate considers that the temporary loss of discernment of the person under investigation is at least partl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Cooling-off period.

Article D6322-30-1

…he human body for more than thirty days, the practitioner responsible informs the person concerned, and, if applicable, their legal representative, of the risks and possible consequences and complicat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-182

…following items in succession:1° Under fixed assets: intangible fixed assets, tangible fixed assets and financial fixed assets;2° Under current assets: Inventories and work-in-progress, advances and d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18

As part of their participation in emergency medical aid and their missions, fire fighters are authorised to carry out the following acts aimed at collecting and transmitting to the regulating doctor c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-188

…he person administering the blood-derived medicinal product to the patient completes the dispensing and administration slip with the following information: 1° The patient's surname, forenames and date…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies C

…pulsive energy or for the production of electrical energy intended for the main propulsion of ships and boats for the transport of goods or passengers and which are assigned to their activity, when th…

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