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Showing 44814490 of 50630 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 28-2-2018 n° 17-13.269

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-23

Urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale ayant élargi ou non leurs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-2

For the application in Mayotte of the provisions of articles L. 5125-3 to L. 5125-17, the transfer of a pharmacy means the relocation of a pharmacy within the same municipality or to another municipal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R226-2

The provisions of articles R. 225-30, R. 225-31 and R. 22-10-17 are applicable to the agreements referred to in article L. 226-10. The opinion provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 225-30…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conduct of the treatment order.

Article R3711-20

During the course of the treatment order, the attending physician may decide to interrupt the person's treatment. He then informs the coordinating doctor and the person without delay by registered let…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-2

I. - The agreements provided for in article L. 132-28 are not required if the intermediary only uses advertising documents provided by the insurance company and the latter has undertaken in writing to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 216

I.-The net income from holdings, giving entitlement to the application of the parent company regime and referred to in article 145, received during a financial year by a parent company, may be deducte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-2

The advertising defined in Article L. 5223-1 shall relate to the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 which have the EU declaration of conformity provided for in Article 17 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-25

When the guarantee fund requests, pursuant to Article 706-10, total or partial reimbursement of the compensation it has paid, it shall submit a simple request to the commission, which shall give its d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-27

Revenue and expenditure for the following local interest joint services:- institut médico-légal;- laboratoire central de la préfecture de police (excluding missions relating to mine clearance and the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2490

For the application of this code in Mayotte, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° (Repealed);2° "Court" or "court of appeal" by: "chambre d'appel de Mamoudzou";3° "Juge d'instance" by: "p…

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