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Showing 30313040 of 21660 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Sept. 2018 – no. 16-13917

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…State, with the provisions adopted by that State for the implementation of Directive 2013/34/EU of 26 June 2013 or, where that State is not required to comply with that Directive, with principles and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 terdecies

A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the terms and conditions for applying articles 298 septies to 298 duodecies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Board of Directors.

Article R1142-42

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is appointed for a period of three years, renewable once, by decree issued on the proposal of the Minister for Health.The age limit for the Chairman is sixty-sev…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and composition

Article R7226-1

The Economic, Social, Environmental, Culture and Education Council comprises sixty-eight members, distributed as follows:1° Fifteen representatives of companies and self-employed professional activiti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-4

The non-medical team in the intensive care unit comprises at least : 1° Two nurses for five open beds ; 2° One nursing assistant for every four open beds; 3° A physiotherapist able to work seven days…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-37

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 49-38, where a request for information from a competent department of one of the Member States of the European Union or of one of the non-Member States mentione…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-31

…et in application of articles L. 162-22-10 and R. 162-33-16 of the Social Security Code and R. 6145-26 of this Code;2° The revenue forecasts are based on manifestly erroneous activity forecasts, relat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-69

…ed between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017, by taking into account the period between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019;c) For groupings and cartels created between 1 January 2018 and 31 Decembe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-11

The departmental prefect shall request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-5

…s of the scheme, including in the cases of conversion provided for in articles R. 441-24 and R. 441-26.

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