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Showing 91519160 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R1245-34

…establishment is authorised, when the information mentioned in Annex VIII of Commission Directive 2015/565/EU of 8 April 2015 amending Directive 2006/86/EC as regards certain technical requirements fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-16

…mponent provided for in Articles R. 414-5 and R. 431-1, excluding digitised images of fingerprints, may be sent to the following persons, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of the need to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…ticles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finance company referred to in II…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-18

…nt, refers the matter to the regional audit chamber under the conditions set out in article L. 1612-15. The State representative then automatically makes the payment within fifteen days of receiving t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-33

…MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY of accommodation capacity for a population Up to 1,999 15% 2,000 to 3,499 12.5% From 3,500 to 4,999 10.5% 5,000 to 9,999 8.5% From 10,000 4.5%

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-46

…b) Or when between 30% and 50% of the shooting takes place in France: 2 points; c) Or when between 15% and 30% of the shooting takes place in France: 1 point; 2° At least 50% of the expenditure relat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 quaterdecies

…n or body, to the competent public accountant, on the basis of a special declaration, no later than 15 October of the year following that in which the income subject to the contribution is received. S…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions

Article R4451-51

…451-40 and R. 4451-44 ; 4° The procedures for carrying out measurements pursuant to Article R. 4451-15 ; 5° The conditions for accreditation by the French Accreditation Committee or by any other body…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…sion exercised by a supervisory authority of a third country to that mentioned in Article L. 356-11 may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Approval of professional associations

Article A512-9

…ercised; -for each of the members of the Board of Directors and the legal representatives, bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record less than three months old or an equivalent document issued by a compet…

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