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Showing 10211030 of 23953 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 14-11-2007 n° 06-17.412

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 D

Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A bis,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-14

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of hospital pharmacy assistant, natio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article L722-14

I. - When the detention of goods suspected of infringing a geographical indication is implemented after a request mentioned in Article L. 722-9 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-14

I.-In each overseas region, a public industrial and commercial establishment with responsibility for vocational training may be created. The establishment is created by the deliberative assembly and p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article R4332-11

…region, before application of the transitional provisions provided for by l'article 17-1 de la loi n° 83-663 du 22 juillet 1983 complétant la loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition, appointment and term of office.

Article R5312-11

The term of office for full and alternate members of the Board of Directors is three years, renewable. The term of office of members of the Board of Directors is free of charge, subject to reimburseme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R2333-114-1

The fee payable each year to a municipality, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on gas transmis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Time limits and forms of appeal

Article 380-11

The accused may withdraw his appeal until he is questioned by the presiding judge as provided by Article 272. This withdrawal invalidates any cross-appeals lodged by the public prosecutor or the other…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-30 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2014-897 of 15 August 2014 relating to the judicial procedure for the release and review of n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

The verbal presentation of a medicinal product is made by a person mentioned in Article L. 5122-11 and is accompanied by the hand-delivery by that person to the healthcare professional of: 1° The summ…

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