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Showing 15811590 of 31856 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 14 June 2000 · Cass. com. 18 January 2011 · Cass. com. 22 March 2017 · CA Versailles 21 December 2001 · Cass. com. 11 July 2000

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Government auditors and financial activities auditors

Article D784-14

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-18

1. Damage to property covered by the guarantee fund in application of the 2nd paragraph of article R. 421-1 is any damage resulting from an accident involving a land motor vehicle in circulation, as w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Cadastral changes and changes affecting the tax debtor

Article 1404

…tax, the tax relief for this assessment is granted provided that the obligations set out in article 1402 have been complied with. The tax payable by the legal taxpayer for the same year is assessed in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

…controlled by it within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, services other than the certification of accounts, the total fees invoiced for these other services are limited to 70% of the avera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-18

If, at the end of the consultation provided for in article R. 2131-17, it appears to two of the doctors mentioned in 1° of article R. 2131-12 that there is a strong probability that the unborn child i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-21

…des libertés and the national councils of the health professions, shall set the conditions for application of the articles in this section relating to the shared medical record.It specifies the condit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-18

The information provided for in articles 9 and 18 of the aforementioned Decree No. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 shall be sent to the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-21

The provisions of Articles L. 722-6 to L. 722-8, L. 722-18 to L. 722-20 do not apply to financial relations between : 1° On the one hand, New Caledonia and, on the other hand, mainland France, Guadelo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money

Article L753-11

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money

Article L752-11

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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