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Showing 751760 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7124-17

By agreement between the president of the assembly of French Guyana and the president of the economic, social, environmental, culture and education council, working groups common to both institutions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170 ter

…ct to the obligation to file an annual tax return under the conditions provided for in 1 of article 170 and who claims the benefit of deductions from overall income, tax reductions or credits, the lis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-17

…the time of the first elections or in the event of the new elections provided for in article L. 4123-10, lots are drawn to determine the members or pairs of members of the territorial council whose t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-17

…n, the authorisation may be suspended or withdrawn under the conditions set out in Article L. 6122-13. When the provisions of the last paragraph of this article relating to the continued suspension or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Modification of the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts and the transfer of the registry of mixed commercial courts.

Article R743-176

…cers who have not yet been replaced or their successors, other than those mentioned in article R. 743-169, as a result of changes in territorial jurisdiction, shall, in the absence of agreements betwe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17

…assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52 and 382. As regards minors, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-176

The declaration provided for in articles R. 212-85 and R. 212-87, a specimen of which is given in appendix II-12, includes the surname, forenames, date and place of birth, nationality, contact details…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-17

Regardless of how the vote is conducted, the votes are counted without interruption on the day of the election, at the head office of the Council concerned, in a public meeting, under the supervision…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-17

…egetables with the marketing standards provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011, as amended, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (E…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of members of the dental assisting profession

Article D4393-17

…ise the profession of dental assistant shall carry out the registration provided for in article L. 4393-17 on the basis of the training certificate or authorisation presented by the person concerned o…

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