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Showing 18411850 of 20000 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 17 April 1985

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-18

…ent of the case being dropped or in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 45-17, a specific form is sent to the person to enable them to be reimbursed for their deposit.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L4313-3

…regional elected representatives who so request, under the conditions laid down in article L. 4132-17, as well as to any interested person, under the conditions provided for in l'article L. 4132-16.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Partitioning and similar transactions

Article 750 bis A

…otarised and specifies that it is drawn up under IV of article 11 of law no. 85-1403 of 30 December 1985.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-9

…volving data from the national health data system, in particular those mentioned in Article R. 1461-17 ; 4° The information provided for in II of Article L. 1461-3. The Caisse nationale de l'assurance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Contributions of other players in the healthcare system to health support for the armed forces

Article R6147-135

…oned in article L. 1435-4 and the psychologists mentioned inarticle 44 of law no. 85-772 of 25 July 1985 containing various provisions of a social nature may contribute to the health support of the ar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-191

The jury for the technical test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modifiedorder of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the national ski instructor diploma in alpine skiing.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…ending on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-15

…l shall appoint rural wardens in the cases and under the conditions provided for in article L. 2213-17.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-3-1

…that the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 5 of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014 are met.II. - The term of office provided for in the first paragraph of I may be extended…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-65

…successive rights ending indivision:Base rangesApplicable rateFrom 0 to €6,5002.580%From €6,500 to €17,0001,064%From €17,000 to €60,0000.709%Over €60,0000.532%2° According to the following scale, in c…

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