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Showing 10411050 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractitioners (R).

Article R2223-132

…Haut Conseil de la santé publique. This care must be provided within 36 hours of death. This period may be extended by 12 hours to take account of special circumstances, subject to the feasibility of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-13

…gates from article R. 4127-99 of the Public Health Code. However, the occupational health physician may entrust certain activities, under his responsibility and within the framework of written protoco…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…by the European Commission under the conditions defined by Article 26 of Directive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directiv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates

Article L133-13

…n the end of the first business day following receipt of the payment order as defined in article L. 133-9. This period may be extended by a further business day for payment transactions ordered on pap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-13

Pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 113-12-2, the insurer may only cancel the insurance contract taken out as part of a credit agreement referred to in 1° of article L. 313-1 of the Consumer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R321-13

…he mandating organisation to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the mandating organisation may charge the mandating organisation for the additional costs involved in complying with these prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 F

I. - Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis, exempt, for their…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article D211-13

…s of this arrangement. The account keeper or the manager of the computerised identification process may not deviate from the instructions received without the agreement of the pledgee. When the pledge…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-13

…ing conditions:a) The levy under the solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region may not exceed 11% of the municipality's actual operating expenditure plus product mitigation and mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-13

…intly operating the authorisations held by one or more of its members on a single geographical site may be authorised by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to bill for care reimbursabl…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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