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Showing 16111620 of 19311 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e – 21 Oct. 1998 – no. 96-16537

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Foodstuffs intended for special medical purposes

Article L5137-1

…s for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Counc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

…ensaries are integrated into the public health establishment from the date set by article 50 of law no. 2003-1199 of 18 December 2003 on the financing of social security for 2004. The rights and oblig…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262 bis

The single services mentioned in III of article 257 ter are exempt from value added tax for the part of these services relating to services performed outside the European Union.(Cf. Instruction 1996-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-97

Each partner may, at any time, inspect for himself the documents referred to in Article R. 743-96, as well as all registers and accounting documents required to be kept by the legislative or regulator…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Principles and means of prevention

Article R4412-110

Depending on the levels of dust defined by articles R. 4412-96 and R. 4412-98, the employer shall provide workers with personal protective equipment appropriate to the operations to be carried out and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ca: Correction applied to allowances when property tax on built-up properties is transferred

Article 1388-0

I.-For each commune, the rate of each of the abatements for property tax on built-up properties provided for in articles 1388 ter, 1388 quinquies, 1388 quinquies A, 1388 quinquies B, 1388 quinquies C,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-9

…onvention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, opened for signature in New York on 12 January 1998, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-9

Without prejudice to

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 I

…ues are subject is established, controlled and collected in accordance with the article 17 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the repayment of the social debt.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Promotion.

Article R6152-611

Attached practitioners are eligible for promotion to the 12th step according to the following terms: 1st step: one year. 2nd step: two years 3rd step: two years. 4th step: two years. 5th step: two yea…

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