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Showing 36313640 of 20000 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 17 April 1985

French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-2

…of the application sent at least fifteen days before the planned date of the event. " "Art. D. 3335-17 of the Public Health Code. For each derogation requested, the application must specify the operat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

…racting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-4

…racting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

…arty, the victim, the insurer and the guarantee fund.The provisions of articles R. 421-12 to R. 421-17 apply to compensation from the guarantee fund for hunting damage resulting from personal injury a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804

…ion is exceeded ; - in Chapter IV of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-3

…sure the identification and traceability of the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, ame…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…ing of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Europe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information on share buy-backs

Article L451-3

…ant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Europe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1-2

…"ELTIF" pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds, to subscribers who allocate a premium equal to or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 B

…collection for which their registered office or main establishment is responsible no later than 25 April of the year in which the tax provided for in this article is due.The tax is paid when the decl…

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