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Showing 47414750 of 20747 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 décembre 2001 n° 98-17320

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-1

Powers exercised by a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation, the transfer of which to the latter is not provided for by law or by the decision establishing it, may, at any time, be retur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-2

The operation of a pharmacy is incompatible with the practice of another profession, in particular that of doctor, veterinary surgeon, midwife or dentist, even if the person concerned holds the corres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-15-1

The legal representative of the company shall notify the president of the competent council of the Ordre des pharmaciens, by any means that provides proof of its date of receipt and within one month o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R5125-24-2

Pharmacists or assistant pharmacists practising in dispensaries or private companies of dispensing pharmacists may, under the conditions laid down inarticle 31-1 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the professional identification card

Article R8292-1

The professional identification card is a secure individual card intended for any employee carrying out one or more of the building or public works jobs listed in the first paragraph of article R. 829…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…itive or negative amounts resulting from the application of 1.2 and 2.2 of the article 78 de la loi n° 2009-1673 du 30 décembre 2009 de finances pour 2010 perçus ou supportés par le département en 201…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…tion of social security schemes;1°a (Repealed)1°b (Repealed as from the entry into force of the loi n° 2002-73 du 17 janvier 2002).1° quater Contributions or premiums paid to compulsory and collective…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 266

…e rights and property of the fiduciary estate;g. (Repealed);h. (Repealed with effect from 1 January 2001).Decrees may set minimum or flat-rate tax bases for taxable purchases.1 bis. Where the items us…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

…no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 312-1-2 order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 312-1-3 order no. 2016-1808 of 22 December 2016 L. 312-1-4 law no. 2015-177 of 16 February 2015 L. 312-1-5 law no. 2013-672…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 C

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of I of Article 1640 B, the reference communal and inter-communal rates are defined as follows:1. For communes that are not members in 2010 of a public…

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