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Showing 46114620 of 51396 articles for Art. Cass. com. 2 novembre 2011 n° 10-15887

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-27

…ation for authorisation to create or transfer an in-house pharmacy, as provided for in article L. 5126-4, is submitted by the natural person holding the authorisation to operate the establishment or b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-2

…iology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, the provisions of Articles L. 6211-10, L. 6211-19 and L. 6212-3 are applicable only to laboratories on the list provided for in II…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Supplementary protection certificate

Article R*617-2-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 617-2-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218

Subject to the provisions of a to f of I of Article 219, corporation tax is assessed under a single rating in the name of the legal entity or association for all of its taxable activities in France. I…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2454

If the property is sold, the mortgage follows it into the hands of the third party purchaser. The third-party purchaser is thus obliged, within the limit of the registrations, for the entire secured d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

…ne of the items mentioned in i and ii of a of Article 69 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, classified in Level 1 as provided for in Article R. 351-23, in the event…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-2

…e deliberations of the tender committee may be organised remotely under the conditions of Order No. 2014-1329 of 6 November 2014 on remote deliberations of administrative bodies of a collegiate nature…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-22

As an exception to article R. 431-20, when the application for a residence permit is lodged with the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the prefect of this department is competent to issue…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-24

…oposed transformation of the société européenne, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 229-10, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 266

…l amount of the transaction:Transactions carried out by an intermediary referred to in V of Article 256 and in III of l'article 256 bis ;Operations carried out by persons established in France who act…

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