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Showing 29712980 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 Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-14

The agreement specifies, where applicable, whether the participation of professional teams in competitions on the federal calendar or organised by the professional league falls within the remit of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Hospitalisation at home activity

Article R6123-146

…al at home authorisation has access, either internally or by agreement, to a facility authorised to carry out obstetric activities, enabling the patient to be transferred if necessary.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article D47-1-18

The provisions of Article D. 47-1-7 are applicable in the case provided for by article 694-44, the transfer to national territory of a person detained in the issuing State for the purposes of executin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22-1

…TS temporarily suspends subscriptions or redemptions of its units or shares pursuant to Articles L. 214-7-4 or L. 214-8-7, the feeder UCITS may suspend subscriptions or redemptions of its own units or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 F

…efined in article 1639 A bis, partially or totally exempt from business property tax establishments carrying on a commercial or craft activity in a town centre revitalisation zone defined in II of thi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-21-3

The manager of the fund for the individual right to training of local elected representatives referred to in Article L. 1621-4 immediately notifies the Minister responsible for local authorities of an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-14

…s of the first paragraph of Article L. 612-15 and if it has received a filing date, the patent application shall give rise to the drawing up of a search report on the elements of the state of the art…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-14

In the event of the receivership or liquidation of an operator of a cinema, the agent appointed by the competent court to deal with the receivership or liquidation proceedings is authorised to receive…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4331-14

…sion or his representative, appointed by order of the Minister for Health, will check that the applicant has a sufficient command of the French language.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1331-14

Within the meaning and for the application of this section, the following definitions apply: 1° Surroundings: spaces located in the immediate vicinity of the dwelling and the facilities they contain;…

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