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Showing 43214330 of 50676 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 14-2-2003 n° 00-19.423

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2

As part of the procedures and activities provided for in articles R. 4351-2-1 to R. 4351-2-3 which they perform, medical electroradiology manipulators are authorised to carry out the following activit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Register of security interests and other related transactions

Article R521-2

The register governed by this chapter ensures the publication:1° Pledges without dispossession with the exception of the pledges mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 2338 of the Civil Code;2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-26

The renewal of leases concerning buildings owned by the State, local authorities and public establishments may not be refused without the owning authority being required to pay the eviction compensati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 270

I. - Value added tax is assessed on the basis of returns filed by taxable persons in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 287.It applies to taxable sums and all items used to calculate th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-26

The conditions for submitting the application and the contents of the file shall be specified by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, in particular as reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

The pharmacists in charge or delegated pharmacists referred to in article L. 5142-1 and the interim pharmacists referred to in article R. 5142-26 are entered on the register of section B or section E…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area holding evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor issued by one of these States

Article R4131-29

The Director General of the Centre national de gestion, acting on behalf of the Minister for Health, shall rule on the application for authorisation to practise referred to in article L. 4131-1-1 in a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-20

A member whose request for disclosure of documents submitted pursuant to article L. 326-5, may refer the matter to the supervisory body provided for in article L. 323-14. The supervisory body issues a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2651-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-2

The judicial authorities responsible for prosecuting offences under Articles L. 571-3 to L. 571-9 and L. 571-14 to L. 571-16 may, at any stage of the proceedings, request the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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