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Showing 98219830 of 31508 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 19-5-1999 n° 97-18.057

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-38

The authorising officer shall notify the accounting officer, together with the necessary supporting documents, of operating expenditure duly committed but not yet authorised at the close of the financ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-42-1

The procedures for automatic payment by mandate or automatic registration provided for in article L. 6145-5 are implemented when the amount of the mandate corresponding to the payment of the principal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-31-1

When, in application of article L. 6143-4, the statement of projected income and expenditure is subject to express approval, this is given within thirty days of receipt of the draft statement of proje…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to certain establishments not participating in the public hospital service

Article R6161-37

Private health establishments that have opted for the system of financing by global endowment may request to cease to be subject to this system. They are then subject to the same provisions as the est…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-17-2

…d for in that Article, the following compulsory statement: The share fixed contractually in article n°..... of the partnership contract or of the contract mentioned in the first paragraph of article L…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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 Tax CodeIn force
Section IX quater : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of the agency for the development of urban areas in the zone known as the "cinquante pas géométriques" in Guadeloupe

Article 1609 C

…in the area known as the cinquante pas géométriques in Guadeloupe created in application of the loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 relative à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX quinquies : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of the agency for the development of urban areas in the so-called "fifty-nation zone" in Martinique

Article 1609 D

…in the area known as the cinquante pas géométriques in Martinique created in application of the loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 relative à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Adjournment for the purposes of investigations into personality or material, family and social circumstances

Article D548

In the event of an adjournment for the purposes of investigations into the personality or the material, family and social situation provided for by Article 132-70-1 of the Criminal Code, where bail is…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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