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Showing 45914600 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-5

Local authorities and their groupings may grant semi-public companies engaged in the construction or management of housing subsidies or advances intended for housing programmes, and their annexes, the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-11

…ncerning the discipline and one of the teams involved when the offence was committed. This decision may stipulate that the obligation to respond to these summonses applies at the time of certain sport…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B

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

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article R1611-38

The members of the commission mentioned in 3° of article R. 1611-37 may be represented by a member of their association, who must be a regional councillor, a departmental councillor, a councillor who…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-15

I.-Third-party donors receive, at the time of donation, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 as well as information on the limitations on their right…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multiannual contract of objectives and resources

Article D5213-63-1

…al amount of aid paid to the adapted company under the financial envelope mentioned in article R. 5213-76 is calculated on the basis of a proportion of workers, excluding prisoners recognised as disab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-59

…talisation (ATIH) submits to each establishment on the list drawn up in application of article R. 6113-58 a proposed agreement containing the reciprocal undertakings of both parties, by any means capa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Patients in health care institutions

Article L1112-3

…ent's managers, hear the latter's explanations and be informed of the outcome of their requests. It may be chaired by a user representative. When the matter is referred to it by a person undergoing ps…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

…The Director General of the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire.III. - The following may also take part in Committee meetings, if they so wish, depending on the agenda:1° The Secretary…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies BA

…levy collected by the public inter-municipal cooperation establishments mentioned in II of article 1379-0 bis is equal to the share mentioned in 5° of I of article 1379, by the fraction defined in th…

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