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Showing 35513560 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Summary orders.

Article 872

In all cases of urgency, the president of the commercial court may, within the limits of the court's jurisdiction, order in summary proceedings all measures that do not come up against any serious cha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-2

…uest or consent to benefit from the mobile electronic anti-seizure device provided for in Article 138-3 of this Code, the article 132-45-1 of the Criminal Code or article 515-11-1 of the Civil Code, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…ht-hand column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 Jun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-15

…porate officers who are natural persons within the meaning of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, nor personal data that relate to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-15

…of the territorial collectivity of French Guyana provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 71-111-14 include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Proceeds from d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-15

…on of the territorial collectivity of Martinique provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 72-101-14 include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Direct tax reve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-7

Persons who are not affiliated to a social security scheme or who are beneficiaries of such a scheme may be asked to take part in performance studies which do not involve any risk or constraint and in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A bis

…ucted from the amount of income tax established under the conditions provided for in a of Article 197 A. For the application of this provision, the net taxable income used to calculate income tax is d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 84

…ately, by the caretakers or guards, to the civil registrar, who shall go there as stated in article 80, and will draw up the death certificate.

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