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Showing 47414750 of 37356 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 12 May 2010

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Rates

Article A132-18

…pose by one of the actuarial associations recognised by the authority referred to in Article L. 310-12. The tables referred to in b are established on the basis of the insurance undertaking's own expe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-14

The conciliation and referral office may, notwithstanding any procedural exception and even if the defendant does not appear, order: 1° The issue, where applicable, under penalty of a fine, of work ce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1521-2

Articles R. 1111-8-8 and R. 1111-9 to R. 1111-12 are applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern Territories in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-137 of 26 February 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-44

…ond and third paragraphs of article R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as interns and former residen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

…nalty:1° Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article L. 5121-1 or by any holder of the authorisation provided for in article L. 4211-6 to comply with the obl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220

…he amount of tax payable by it under this chapter.However, the deduction to be made in this respect may not exceed the fraction of the latter tax corresponding to the amount of the said income.Where t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial organisation

Article L114-13

…L. 421-12 du code de l'éducation. These acts and the financial account are subj…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-11

…search for and the recording by official report of infringements of the provisions of Articles L. 312-1-1, L. 312-1-2, L. 314-12, L. 314-13 and L. 315-6 to L. 315-8 of this Code. "The authorised offi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7

…ual for each commune to the product of its population by an amount of 64.46 euros per inhabitant to 128.93 euros per inhabitant in increasing proportion to the population of the commune, under conditi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-8

…of such an obligation for non-controlled companies, the shareholder local authorities and groupings may make the agreement required pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of article L. 1524-5 of this c…

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