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Showing 25712580 of 20267 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 February 2016

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L1143-6

…mediator, under the conditions set out in section 1 of chapter I of title II of law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and to civil, criminal and administrative p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G : Claim for refund of value added tax borne in another Member State

Article 289 D

…x borne in another Member State under the conditions laid down in Council Directive 2008/9/EC of 12 February 2008 laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directiv…

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

Article 298 septies

…n Articles 72 and 73 of Annex III to this code, taken in application of Article 52 of the law of 28 February 1934, are subject to value added tax at the rate of 2.1% in the departments of mainland Fra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Powers of the State representative

Article L2573-22

…authority of French Polynesia, under the conditions set out in Article 34 of the Organic Law of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. An agreement between the State and Frenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-4

…ws, ordinances and decrees passed before the entry into force of the Organic Law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 on statutory and institutional provisions relating to overseas France in matters falli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-13

…ial procedure for identifying deceased persons, provided for by Article 1 of Decree no. 97-109 of 6 February 1997 relating to the conditions for approval of persons authorised to carry out genetic fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2142-12

…on activities, and who are in practice on the date of entry into force of Decree no. 2015-150 of 10 February 2015 "setting the criteria for the competence of practitioners practising within structures…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-8

…ing with commercial matters or by those of the mixed commercial courts.The fees applicable until 29 February 2024 are those provided for in this section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Authorisation for cross-border movement of embryos

Article R2141-15

…ion shall include a file containing all the information required to verify compliance with Articles 16 to 16-8 of the Civil Code and the provisions of this Title, the model for which shall be laid dow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

…ata is to be kept, the procedures for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° and 3° of Article 230-16 as well as, where applicable, the conditions under which interested parties may exercise their ri…

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