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Showing 53115320 of 37804 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 2e – 31 May 2018 – no. 17-17518

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Proceedings before Disciplinary Boards

Article R4443-4

…4234-17 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For their applicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-1

…d ancillary costs, interim financial costs and financing costs, is assigned pursuant to Articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-29 of this Code, the contract may stipulate that this assignment is subject to the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Appeals against decisions by the Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority

Article R331-44

…the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique mentioned in articles R. 331-36 to R. 331-38 and R. 331-41 are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-24

The execution of a European arrest warrant may be refused:1° If, for the acts which are the subject of the arrest warrant, the person sought is being prosecuted before the French courts or if the Fren…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 bis

…ate of cessation of activity, a partner in a liberal practice company mentioned in Article 2 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of the liberal pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation.

Article L7124-1

A child under the age of sixteen may not, without prior individual authorisation granted by the administrative authority, be engaged or produced in any capacity whatsoever:1° In a sedentary or touring…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-10

…e published in the Recueil des actes administratifs of the regional prefecture no later than 15 and 31 December respectively of the year of renewal. The new designations take effect from the following…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-28

…ector of the establishment, after consulting the chairman of the establishment's medical committee, may decide to suspend the participation of a hospital practitioner in continuity of care or pharmace…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B bis

…ant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies and 44 terdecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from a tax credit in respect of expenditure invoiced by research and knowledge dissemina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-49

The information contained in the report relates to the entire concession perimeter; it is established where necessary on the basis of a data allocation method that is detailed in the report. The repor…

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