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Showing 761770 of 36960 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2007 – no. 05-19.947

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article D4364-15

…D. 4364-11 on the days and during the hours when patients receive technical care. This professional may be different from the director or manager of the sales outlet or establishment.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-15

I. - The payment service provider issuing a payment instrument must ensure that personalised security data as defined in Article L. 133-4 is not accessible to persons other than the Payment Service Us…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-15

The authorisation provided for in Article R. 1131-13 is issued for a period of five years, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to R. 6122-44. However, before taking the opinion of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-15

…economic activities.At the end of each financial year, the general meeting votes, no later than 31 May of the year following the financial year in question, on an implemented budget, which sets out t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-15

In application of the last paragraph of Article L. 812-3, persons who have successfully completed a course of study of at least three years' duration or of an equivalent duration on a part-time basis…

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

Article 1586 octies

…1. The amount of value added is the subject, no later than the second working day following 1st May of the year following that in respect of which the business value added contribution is due, of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: DETENTION ARRANGEMENTS

Article L744-15

…ournalists holding the professional identity card mentioned in article L. 7111-6 of the Labour Code may be authorised to access administrative detention facilities.Image and sound recordings of foreig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 232-15

…ions of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 G

The departmental council may exempt from land registration tax or registration fees the sale of housing units by low-income housing organisations or semi-public companies, provided that the transfer f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article R1435-15

An inspector or controller may only carry out the duties mentioned in article R. 1435-10 if he has completed a training course of at least 120 hours provided jointly by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en…

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