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Showing 14111420 of 37804 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 2e – 31 May 2018 – no. 17-17518

French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

I. - Free transfer duties, real estate wealth tax and partition duty may be paid by handing over works of art, books, collectors' items, documents, of high artistic or historical value, or real estate…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Group membership

Article 849-17

…d during the legal proceedings to obtain compensation for the damage suffered. The interested party may terminate the group action at any time. The interested party may terminate the mandate at any ti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-17

…ndustrial and commercial nature, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings may only conclude a contract at provisional prices in the following cases:1° When, in the case of co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-170

…try to the common general training course for teaching, supervision and training in mountain sports may enrol. The enrolment file, the composition of which is set out in appendix II-20, must be submit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of public interest and protection perimeter

Article R1322-17

…o be assigned to it, as provided for in article L. 1322-3, is sent to the Prefect. This application may be attached to the application for authorisation to operate, submitted in application of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-172

I.-The person responsible for the nuclear activity, as referred to in Article L. 1333-8, is required to have the rules that have been put in place in terms of :1° Collective protection, taking into ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Worker information and training

Article R4453-17

…cs of electromagnetic field emissions ; 2° The direct biophysical effects and indirect effects that may result from exposure to electromagnetic fields; 3° The measures taken in application of section…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-17

The company may not require shareholders or unit holders to repay any dividends, except where the following two conditions are met:1° If the distribution has been made in breach of the provisions of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-174

…rting document. Transactions of the same nature, carried out in the same place and on the same day, may be summarised on a single supporting document. Supporting documents are filed in an order define…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-17

…signed request from the recipient ; 2° For each medicinal product, only a limited number of samples may be supplied, up to a limit of four per year and per recipient, determined according to the natur…

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