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Showing 29612970 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-15

…themselves as service providers, are subject to the provisions of Article 111 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and to the regulatory provisions adopted pursuant to this Article.These vete…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-150

…es governing the protection and representation of protected persons, the provisions of article R. 814-80 are applicable to the transfer of the capital securities or corporate shares of a member placed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 G

…aning of the Energy Code.II. - The flat-rate tax is payable by the owner of the transformers on 1st January of the tax year. However, for transformers that are the subject of a concession contract, th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.

Article R237-15

…ond paragraph of Article L. 237-21, in article L. 237-23, in the third paragraph of article L. 237-24, in the second paragraph of article L. 237-25, as well as II of article L. 237-27. The president o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 ter

…ied out under a trust agreement who carry out an activity under the conditions set out in articles 1447 et 1447 bis and whose turnover exceeds €152,500 are subject to the business value added contribu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-15

…ty, anyone who knowingly breaches one of the obligations or prohibitions laid down in articles L. 614-18, L. 614-20 and the first paragraph of Article L. 614-21 will be punished by a fine of 6,000 eur…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article L2113-15

…acting entity, for companies in the social and solidarity economy defined inArticle 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy or equivalent structures, when their purp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-15

…risation or registration holder to report to the pharmacovigilance database referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on vet…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-91

The complementary direct allocation is allocated according to the same terms and conditions as those set out for the allocation of the new transversal aid to compensate for the drop in activity.For ea…

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

Article R6311-18-2

…he Minister for the Interior are authorised to perform the procedures mentioned in articles R. 6311-18 and R. 6311-18-1.

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