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Showing 19311940 of 34398 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 4 Dec. 2007 – no. 06-15.137

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing and registration of the declaration

Article R6351-4

The declaration of activity indicates the name, address, purpose of the activity and legal status of the declarant.Where applicable, the organisation should mention any other activities it carries out…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-48

…of the second paragraph of article L. 2333-38 in respect of the tourist tax and of article L. 2333-46 in the case of flat-rate tourist tax, the notice of compulsory taxation must include the followin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-47

…down in this Title; 3° Where the obligations imposed pursuant to articles R. 5121-36-1 and R. 5121-43 are not fulfilled; 4° When the authorisation must be brought into line with the decision taken by…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-49

…c composers: 1 point; 3° At least one of the artistic creators of characters and/or sets: 2 points; 4° At least one of the producers (natural persons): 2 points; 5° At least one of the production mana…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-43

…ovided for by article 712-6, including in the case of a person sentenced for acts committed before 14 December 2005 and for whom the first judicial supervision was ordered by the sentence enforcement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-46

Voters for a section of the college of hospital practitioners are those practitioners who practise in the discipline corresponding to the section. For a section of the college of tenured teaching and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-4

…yos being received by another couple or another woman under the conditions set out in articles L. 2141-5 and L. 2141-6;2° Their embryos being the subject of research under the conditions set out in ar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

…ntracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 17…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-4

…ntracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-45

…of the General Tax Code.II. - With effect from financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2014, credit institutions, financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies shall publ…

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