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Showing 26112620 of 20747 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 décembre 2001 n° 98-17320

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-21

…s period, this shall be deemed to be a favourable opinion. The provisions of III of article R. 2324-18 and, except in the case of a request made by the municipality in which the facility is located, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-35

…ble to persons admitted to follow the second year of the traineeship provided for in article R. 321-18 (5°).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 septies

…se des appellations d'origine constituted in the form of a syndicate governed by the loi du 21 mars 1884 relative aux syndicats professionnels ou d'association relevant de la loi du 1er juillet 1901 r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…2° The company shall, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186 and L. 22-10-57, to an allotment of options for the benefit of all its employees and at least 90…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-169

…n Parliament and of the Council or to the coordination group referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to request the setting of European…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1

…ment and of the Council of 5 April 2017, as amended, concerning medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Direc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Disciplinary sanctions

Article R222-38

In the event of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 222-5, L. 222-7 to L. 222-18, R. 222-20, R. 222-31 and R. 222-32 as well as the provisions of the sports agents' regulations issued on the bas…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 37

If the financial year ending in the year of taxation extends over a period of more or less than twelve months, the tax is nevertheless assessed on the basis of the results of that financial year. If n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-14

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 262, L. 263 B and L. 273 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, article 387 bis of the Customs Code, article L. 1617-5 of the General Local Authorities Code and II o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 216 ter

Corporate entities which subscribe before 1 July 1964 to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increa…

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