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Showing 18311840 of 20081 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 avril 2000 n° 97-21569

French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts for the commissioning of one or more artistic works to be created

Article R2172-14

Artists who have submitted an unsuccessful project to the Artistic Committee will receive compensation.Total compensation may not exceed 20% of the amount defined in article 2 of decree no. 2002-677 o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

…n for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, opened for signature in New York on 10 January 2000, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions set out in Article 689-1 any person guilty of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article L4414-7

As from 1 January 2000, a fraction of the annual tax on office premises, commercial premises and storage premises, governed by article 231 ter of the General Tax Code, is allocated to the Ile-de-Franc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-85

…s, with the exception of those of the second and third paragraphs of article D. 2223-80, by 30 June 2000 at the latest.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-17

…ean Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC as amended.If, on the basis of the dossier submitted, it emerges that the planned modifica…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Collective investment management companies

Article L543-1

Collective investment management companies are portfolio management companies, legal entities that manage the AIFs mentioned in 3° of III of Article L. 214-24, managers of European venture capital fun…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-58

The rights of access and rectification provided for by Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 may be exercised wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-6

Pursuant to the third paragraph of I of Article L. 1124-1, the personal data protection committees carry out the assessment of Part II provided for in Article 7 of the above-mentioned Regulation of 16…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-2

The provisions of Title I of Book III of this Part relating to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products established in Title II of Book III of the same Part shall apply with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: French Health Products Safety Agency.

Article L5523-1

The provisions of Book III of this Part relating to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall apply within the limits of the provisions of this Code made applicable…

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