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Showing 45614570 of 21808 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 25 Jan. 2017 – no. 15-23.547

French General Tax CodeIn force
X: Registration of liens and mortgages

Article 844

The proportional land registration tax applicable to registrations of judicial or conventional mortgages referred to in 1° of Article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and technical organisation of sectors.

Article R3221-7

…or the "care without consent" section of the psychiatric authorisation mentioned in Article R. 6122-25 are not achieved, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall designate, from among…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-12

I.-For the contracts referred to in article R. 113-11, where the conditions for cancellation provided for in article L. 113-15-2 are met, the insurer shall apply the provisions of that article:1° When…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 747-1-1

…day fine sentence, set in application of the first sentence of the second paragraph of article 131-25 of the French Penal Code. By way of derogation from the same second paragraph, the conversion dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22

…fited from the provisions of the second paragraph of this article in its wording resulting from Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 Dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

…companies. At the end of a period of two years from the promulgation of the Financial Security Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003, only units in non-trading property investment companies whose article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Access by the National Commission to information covered by medical confidentiality

Article R1142-41-1

…e recipient of the request has electronically signed it in accordance with the provisions of Decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures, under conditions that comply with best…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-8-3

…n of a new commune, the provisions of Article L. 541-3 of the Education Code and the article L. 229-25 of the Environment Code do not apply to this new commune unless they were applicable, on the date…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-5

…They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of title in articles 433-17 and 433-25 of the said code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-2

…They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of title in articles 433-17 and 433-25 of the same code.

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