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Showing 28112820 of 19635 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 23 Mar. 2011 – no. 09-66512

French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Approval procedures for bodies carrying out inspections

Article R3115-43

…gnature under the conditions laid down in article 1367 of the Civil Code and in implementing decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017, by 1 March of the following calendar year at the latest. The Pre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-40

…ssing of personal data known as the "Nominative Social Declaration" mentioned inArticle 3 of Decree No. 2013-266 of 28 March 2013 on the Nominative Social Declaration; 2° The pre-employment declaratio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-7

I.-Articles R. 4234-41 to R. 4234-49 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

…he European Economic Area;b) Take one of the forms listed in Part A of Annex I to Council Directive 2011/96/EU of 30 November 2011 on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-6-1

I.- Statutory auditors registered on the list referred to in I of Article L. 822-1 are subject to a contribution based on the total amount of fees they invoiced during the previous calendar year to th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Consent to medically assisted procreation

Article 1157-3

Before obtaining consent, the notary shall inform the members of the couple or the unmarried woman who are about to express it:the impossibility of establishing a parent-child relationship between the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-8

The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty:1° (Repealed)2° (Repealed)3° Failure by a pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product or product subject to the marketing au…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article R814-30

The statutory auditor shall inform the regional inspecting magistrate, the coordinating magistrate referred to in Article R. 811-40 and the President of the National Council of any anomalies or irregu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-2

…plôme supérieur de comptabilité et de gestion dans les conditions définies à l'article 50 of decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012; 3° Hold diplomas deemed to be of a level equivalent to those mentione…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-16

…o identifying or designating voters falling within the activities defined in the appendix to decree no. 98-247 of 2 April 1998 relating to craft qualifications and the trades and crafts sector. It als…

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