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Showing 26312640 of 21317 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 13 January 1993

French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Special schemes for agriculture

Article 707 bis

…of a purchaser, the exercise of the right of pre-emption instituted by articles L. 412-1 to L. 412-13 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, relating to the status of tenant farming and sharecroppin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-4

…s participation in the departmental operational centre provided for by the aforementioned decree of 13 September 2005.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6-1

Article L. 1336-1 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-96

…e no. 2021-699 of 1 June 2021;3° Turnover is determined by taking into account the period between 3 January 2019 and 15 February 2019.For cinemas opened after 3 January 2019 that sell food and beverag…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-7

…alympic and Sports Committee, is punishable by the penalties set out in Articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-13 of the French Intellectual Property Code.III - By way of exception to Article II and for acts com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14

…these rules comply with Directive no. 2009/65/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-15

…event of non-compliance with any of the obligations laid down in articles R. 212-10-11 to R. 212-10-13, the rector of the academic region may proceed :1° Suspend the authorisation of the training body…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Applicable regime and classification of sources

Article R1333-14

…es and batches of radioactive sources are classified in category A, B, C or D as defined in Annexes 13-7 and 13-8.The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall inform the competent authority res…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Decisions on placement under electronic surveillance, modification or withdrawal of the measure

Article R57-16

…cle R. 622-19 of the Penitentiary Code and, where applicable, the measures provided for in articles 132-43 to 132-46 of the Penal Code.It informs him that in the cases listed in Article 723-13 he may…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R351-9

For the application of Article R. 351-8, in Article R. 314-19, the words: "L. 314-10 to L. 314-13" are replaced by the words: "L. 314-10 and L. 314-13".

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