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Showing 961970 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I, II and IV

Article 1378 nonies

…1-7 of law no. 88-227 of 11 March 1988 relating to the financial transparency of political life, it may deprive it, for a maximum period of three years, of the benefit of the tax reduction provided fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394 C

…liberative bodies of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, exempt land,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Access to the waiting area

Article R343-13

…bling access to the waiting area to be granted on each visit.The competent administrative authority may, by a reasoned decision, after consulting the delegate of the High Commission, withdraw approval…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-13

…exception of the representatives of the ministers mentioned in a, b, c, d and e of 1° of article R. 1313-4, who each have five votes. The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least one…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-130

…ided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 743-45. The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, may object to the project within two months of receipt of the request.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-135

Any modification concerning the elements and documents mentioned in Article R. 5141-130 is submitted for authorisation to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-13

Research may only be carried out in a place that has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the research and compatible with the safety requirements of the persons undergoing the r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-138

…iberation by the jury, the candidate who has failed one or more training units of the specific part may be authorised by the regional director of youth, sports and community life to follow this or the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Supporting documents and other evidence relating to the conditions for participation

Article R2343-13

…with the necessary level of protection. Where the candidate is established in France, the purchaser may ask the competent administrative authority to verify, within a period set by the purchaser, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-13

…Article L. 464-10 and which can only be obtained by accessing the file of the proceedings concerned may be used by a party who has had access to this file solely for the exercise of the rights of defe…

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