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Showing 61116120 of 23051 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 July 2007 – no. 05-19.373

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-5

…most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 5217-10-5, supplemented, for programmes, by the programme number and, for operations on behalf of third p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article D4364-15

…sional trained and competent under the conditions defined in articles D. 4364-8, D. 4364-9, D. 4364-10 and D. 4364-11 on the days and during the hours when patients receive technical care. This profes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-45

…lification professionnelle des personnes exerçant certaines activités listées à l'Article 16 of Law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 above. Where the qualification required to carry out the activities mentio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-1

The appeal provided for in Article 17 of Law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967 is brought against a decision that has acquired the force of res judicata.It is lodged from the day on which the decision is no l…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-1

…heir missions by the national accreditation body mentioned in article 137 of the aforementioned law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 or by any equivalent European body that is a signatory to the multilat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L213-36

…asis of Article L. 132-25 of the Intellectual Property Code, as it stood prior to Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, or Article L. 132-25-1 of the same…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Equity securities

Article L228-36

…on is capped. Participatory securities are negotiable. For the application of the Article 26 of law no. 78-741 of 13 July 1978 relating to the orientation of savings towards the financing of companies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-5

…on due to the victim taking into account, on the one hand, the benefits listed in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 aimed at improving the situation of road accident victims and speeding up…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

…y articles 238 bis HA and 238 bis HD as drafted by Article 22 of the Amending Finance Act for 1986 (no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986). The benefit of the exemption is subject to the conditions that the purc…

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