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Showing 53815390 of 49490 articles for Art. Cass. Civ. 2-2-2000 n° 98-15.675

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L2164-2

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Book VII: TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article R752-2

As soon as the overindebtedness commission is seized pursuant to IV of Article L. 681-2 of the Commercial Code or Article L. 681-3 of this code, it shall inform the Banque de France so that the regist…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 298 octodecies

For the application of this chapter:1° Products subject to excise duty are understood within the meaning of article L. 311-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services; 2° Alcoholic beverages are unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Checks on collective protection equipment and installations

Article R4412-26

The results of the checks provided for in this sub-section are recorded under the conditions laid down in Article D. 4711-2.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-20

The practice of the activity defined in Article L. 222-7 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 : 1° Without having obtained a sports agent's licence or in disregard of a decis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Air medical transport.

Article R6312-24

The authorisation instituted by article L. 6312-2 is issued at the request of the natural or legal person operating a private air medical transport company, provided that : 1° It has previously provid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289 A

I. - When a person not established in the European Union is liable for value added tax or is required to fulfil reporting obligations, it is required to have a taxable representative established in Fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-2

…armées comportant un ou plusieurs établissements pharmaceutiques se livrer, dans le cadre du décret n° 91-685 du 14 juillet 1991 fixant les attributions du service de santé des armées, à la distributi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Transfers between insurance undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-2

Supplementary occupational pension funds may be authorised, under the conditions defined in Article L. 324-1, to transfer all or part of their portfolio of contracts to insurance companies and their b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

By 31 December each year at the latest, the national joint employment and training committees with competence in the field of entertainment and sport propose for the following year, at the request of…

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