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Showing 681690 of 36960 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2007 – no. 05-19.947

French General Tax CodeIn force
01 : Payment in full discharge for sole traders

Article 151-0

I.-Taxpayers may, by option, make a payment in full discharge of income tax based on the turnover or revenue from their professional activity when the following conditions are met:1° They are subject…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-15

…oever necessary for burials and for the decency or pomp of funerals. The fabriques and consistories may have this right exercised or leased, with the approval of the civil authorities under whose supe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-159

Natural or legal persons practising as commercial court clerks may not hold, either directly or indirectly, shares or corporate units in a société de participation financière de profession libérale d'…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-154

…e intervention of a doctor within a timeframe compatible with the safety of care. This organisation may be common to several sites of the same health care organisation or several health care organisat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Dispensing of medicinal products

Article R3112-15

…han health establishments, by way of derogation, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise a doctor from the organisation, designated by name, to ensure the supply, holding, con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-1

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer may have the operations provided for in Article 55-1.The provisions of the last four paragraphs of Article 55-1 shall app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-15

…safety and working conditions committee to carry out their duties.The Social and Economic Committee may invite the head of an external company to attend on an occasional consultative basis.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-15

Until the plant variety certificate is issued, the applicant may request the rectification of material errors found in the documents filed. The request must be made in writing and include the text of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-15

…ed person is in a known place on the territory of another Member State, the European arrest warrant may be sent directly to the executing judicial authority, by any means that leaves a written record,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-15

…archés financiers are prepared in accordance with the rules of the general chart of accounts. These may be adapted as proposed by the Chairman after consultation with the Board and approved by the Bud…

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