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Showing 52615270 of 22854 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Sept. 2013 – no. 12-21.089

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

I.-The application for authorisation to obtain the early access provided for in Article L. 5121-12 is sent by electronic means, by the holder of the exploitation rights or his authorised representativ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis B bis

I. - As an exception to the provisions of articles 38, 238 septies B and 238 septies E, when insurance and capitalisation companies, supplementary professional retirement funds mentioned in Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-631

…tioner, as well as for practitioners who have benefited from the provisions of article 33 of decree no. 2003-769 of 1st August 2003, as an attached practitioner. This possibility is open to them from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-2

…both cases, the compensation provided for in I of D of the article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998) ; g) The extended tax potential mobilisation coefficient, calculate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-6

…of the deductions provided for in Articles 72e to 72j of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; 2° The amounts of other commitments that may be used for internal bail-in; 3° For the own fund…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R221-6

…ive measure. In the latter case, articles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R532-5

…rench Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons taken pursuant to Articles L. 531-24 to L. 531-31 or L. 531-32 to L. 531-35.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D420-6

…down in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-8-2

…lective proceedings opened or, if the time limit mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 622-24 has not expired, in the light of the statements mentioned in Article R. 625-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-7

…ipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation as provided for in Article L. 1424-24-3 are organised by the chairman of the fire and rescue service's board of directors, who draws…

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