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Showing 22512260 of 19160 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25 February 2016

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

…der 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 511-38 with the exception of the last sentenceOrder 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-39 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 511-41 Law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 202…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies FB

…intended for the storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation equal to 40% of their cost pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-7

…ic action provided for in the third paragraph of Article 7 and the second paragraph of Articles 706-25-1 and 706-31 applies;-thirty years when the proceedings relate to an offence to which the limitat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Professional qualifications, procedures and quality system

Article R1333-70

…includes :1° A statement of quality controls for medical devices as provided for in Article R. 5212-25 ; 2° A report on the recording and analysis of events that may lead to accidental or unintentiona…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…om L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 511-12-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 J…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Embryo and embryonic stem cell research

Article R2443-1

…able in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-121 of 6 February 2006, No. 2012-467 of 11 April 2012, No. 2012-597 of 27 April 2012 and No. 2015-155 of 11 F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

…vehicles and their trailers covered by the provisions transposing Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…n the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, with the consent of the deliberative body of the establishment. In the absence of an agreement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article R4031-45

…the regional unions that elect their representatives according to the following distribution key:a) 25% is divided equally between all the unions representing the same profession;b) 75%, after deducti…

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