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Showing 15511560 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-3

When the trial court is seised pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 706-120 and article D. 47-37-2, its president shall order an expert report at least one month before the hearing in order to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA

…t apply to goods for which the order gave rise to the benefit of the tax aid instituted by the lois n° 75-408 du 29 mai 1975 et n° 75-853 du 13 septembre 1975. The provisions of 2° do not apply to equ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

The grants from the investment aid fund provided for in article L. 1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article D4422-30-3

I.-A representative of the Corsican Massif Committee referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 4421-3 and his replacement are appointed by the standing committee provided for in the third parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-34-3

For the purposes of 2° of I of Article L. 612-35-1 and subject to the third paragraph of this Article, the police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be publ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Limitation period.

Article 351

Action by the customs authorities in respect of customs offences is time-barred in the same way and under the same conditions as public action in respect of ordinary offences. In the case of contraven…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 303

Any manufacturer or merchant of apparatus suitable for the distillation, manufacture or ironing of eaux-de-vie or spirits is required, at least three days before the start of the manufacture or trade,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 304

The manufacturer or dealer must enter, in a special register which may be required to be produced by the administration's agents, his successive productions and acceptances, as well as the names and r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-39

A practitioner recognised by the medical committee as suffering from tuberculosis, mental illness, cancer, poliomyelitis or severe and acquired immunodeficiency and prevented from carrying out his dut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-38

A practitioner suffering from a duly diagnosed condition which, with the exception of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6152-39, on the list drawn up in application of article 28 of decree no. 8…

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