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Showing 26712680 of 19301 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Jan. 2011 – no. 09-72.510

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72-1

…ut prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 162-16-5-1, L. 162-16-5-1-1, L. 162-16-5-4 and L. 162-18 of the Social Security Code, within one month of acknowledgement of receipt of the request. If th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-17-1

…ponds to this request, in particular as part of the on-call service provided for in article R. 6312-18 : 1° Send a crew to the patient within the time limit set by the emergency medical assistance ser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-30

…animously, change the nationality of the company. Subject to the eighth paragraph of Article L. 223-18, the transfer of the registered office is decided by one or more partners representing more than…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies E

…e benefit of the provision is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

…son and destruction, damage and deterioration punishable by the articles 221-1 à 221-4,222-1 to 222-18, 225-4-13 and 322-1 to 322-13 of the Penal Code, when these acts have been committed because of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre

Article R114-13

…ty and working conditions committee;II - Subject to the provisions of articles R. 114-17 and R. 114-18, the acts relating to the operation of the centre which, in order to become enforceable pursuant…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-17

…eeds and health insurance shall be issued, subject to the exceptions provided for in article L. 426-18, with a resident's permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" for a period of ten years. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

…n individual retirement savings product (PEPP) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/473 of 18 December 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Counc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-17

…al budget and the report appended to the administrative account, in accordance with article L. 4132-18, are placed online on the local authority's website, where it exists, after the adoption by the A…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Compensation for damage

Article 849-20

…specific to the group of injured parties defined by the judge. Subject to the Article 240 of Decree no. 91-1197 of 27 November 1991, any sum received under Articles 68 and 74 of the aforementioned Act…

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