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Showing 18811890 of 33891 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-6-2017 n° 16-24.045

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regional antibiotic therapy centres

Article R1413-86

In each region, for the implementation of the health policy guidelines defined in article L. 1411-1 contributing to the prevention of antibiotic resistance with regard to the proper use of antibiotics…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: National coordination and national missions

Article R1413-89

As part of the tasks it carries out pursuant to 3° of Article R. 1413-1, the Agence nationale de santé publique may call on the support centres for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A ter

I. - Deliberations taken with regard to business property tax by a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation prior to the date of the decision placing it under the tax regime of article 1609…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 808

The second paragraph of article 2-8 is worded as follows:"Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and whose purpose, by virtue of its articles o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementation procedures and specifications for the supported employment scheme

Article D5213-89

The following may be beneficiaries of the supported employment scheme, giving rise to support from their employer: 1° Disabled workers recognised under article L. 5213-2 who have a project for integra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementation procedures and specifications for the supported employment scheme

Article D5213-88

The supported employment scheme referred to in article L. 5213-2-1 is implemented for the purpose of integration into the ordinary working environment, by a legal entity which organises, by means of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…21-1 to L. 321-3 of the same code; b. L'allocation de reconnaissance prévue à l'article 6 de la loi n° 2005-158 du 23 février 2005 portant reconnaissance de la Nation et contribution nationale en fave…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

Subject to the provisions of article 6, members of sociétés en nom collectif and general partners of sociétés en commandite simple are, where these companies have not opted for the tax regime applicab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Accounting provisions.

Article D511-8

The statutory auditors referred to in Article L. 511-38 are appointed by the body of these undertakings responsible for approving the accounts. They are appointed for six financial years. Their term o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-67

The trader shall keep, where appropriate in dematerialised form, a duplicate copy of the documents communicated to the consumer for a period of two years.

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