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Showing 45514560 of 51458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-2-2005 n° 197

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-28

I.-For the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° or 4° of article R. 5126-1, with the exception of army hospitals and the Institution nationale des invalides, the applicati…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Special measures.

Article 20

1. In the cases listed in article 2 of law no. 83-1119 of 23 December 1983, the following may be decided, in accordance with the terms and conditions of application laid down by decree in the Conseil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Abstentions, impediments and challenges

Article R4126-24

Articles R. 721-2 to R. 721-9 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to abstention and recusal are applicable before the first instance and national disciplinary chambers.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2529

Where several formalities of a nature to produce effects enforceable against third parties under Article 2528, are required on the same day in respect of the same immovable, the one required under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Agglomeration communities

Article L5842-27

I. - Articles L. 5216-4 and L. 5216-4-2 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5216-4:1° The words: "of Chapter III of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6475-2

The new costs incurred by the local authority pursuant to the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer shall be subjec…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2422

Mortgage creditors cannot usefully take out a registration on the previous owner, from the publication of the transfer made to a third party. Registration has no effect between the creditors of an est…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208

…munications qui n'ont pas pour objet exclusif l'activité mentionnée au I de l'article 1er de la loi n° 69-1160 du 24 décembre 1969 pour la partie des bénéfices provenant des contrats de crédit-bail co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231

…55% in the departments of French Guiana and Mayotte.6. The dispositions de l'article 1er de la loi n° 68-1043 du 29 novembre 1968, qui, sous réserve du 1, ont supprimé la taxe sur les salaires pour l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

Personal data concerning persons who are the subject of proceedings to investigate the causes of death or disappearance are deleted once the investigation has made it possible to find the missing pers…

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