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Showing 11911200 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions applicable to organ transplants

Article D6124-163

…l training or four years as a practitioner in a unit performing transplants of the organ concerned; 2° At least two doctors, each of whom has completed four years' clinical training or four years' exp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 B

…laried or not, carried out in France or profit-making operations within the meaning of the article 92 and carried out in France; e) Profits from operations defined in article 35, when they relate to b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIa: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article 1609 quinvicies

…contract, employees hired on an open-ended contract by the company at the end of the said contract;2° Persons benefiting from an industrial agreement for training through research.This threshold is e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-167

…y to securitisation undertakings, with the exception of this sub-section and I and II of article L. 214-24.II. - By way of derogation from I, securitisation undertakings which comply with characterist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account

Article L221-16

Only one passbook account may be opened per taxpayer and one for the taxpayer's spouse or partner in a civil solidarity pact.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-16

Family holiday homes provide regular care for children by organising a variety of recreational and educational leisure activities. They provide adults with a programme of socio-cultural and leisure ac…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-16

…sing officer.He may enter into settlements under the conditions laid down in 10° of I of article R. 232-10 of this Code and in articles 2044 to 2058 of the Civil Code.Within the framework of the gener…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-16

The term of office of elected commercial court judges is free.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Credit and property formalities

Article A444-169

…or cadastral documents, including cadastral extract, survey document, and parcel division forms 11.32 €

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16

…fair value through profit or loss as defined by IAS 39 mentioned in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 or, where the institution is not subject to international accounting stan…

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