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Showing 55315540 of 21651 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 July 2016

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Approved management centres

Article 1649 quater E

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Disciplinary action

Article R4234-1

…ised means are used, they shall be accompanied by the number of copies mentioned in article R. 4234-12. The president of the central or regional council acknowledges receipt of the complaint and sends…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-27

…cation for authorisation to create or transfer an in-house pharmacy, as provided for in article L. 5126-4, is submitted by the natural person holding the authorisation to operate the establishment or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…when a person is placed under judicial supervision and is subject to the obligation provided for in 12° bis of Article 138. II to IV of Article 11-2 shall apply to the arrangements for transmitting an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-7

…g or in a complex of buildings covered by the provisions of the aforementioned law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965, or belonging to holders of real property rights over the premises, or to holders of share…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title Ia: Home insurance

Article L215-1

Any person subject to the insurance obligation set out in article 7 g of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving relations between tenants and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986 , o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1-3

…ich may not be less than eighteen months following the entry into force ofOrder no. 2022-1075 of 29 July 2022 on the development of climate risk management tools in agriculture, in the absence of an a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

…a regulated market operating under the conditions set out in I of article 43 of law no. 96-597 of 2 July 1996 on the modernisation of financial activities.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Net gains and distributions relating to carried interest rights

Article 242 ter C

…rticle L. 214-37of the Monetary and Financial Code in its wording prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equity funds or ve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-54-1

…luntary basis on the administrative or management body of an association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or entered in the register of associations in appl…

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