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Showing 391400 of 31208 articles for Art. Cass. com. 21-6-2017 n° 15-17.059

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-21

Beneficiaries of registrations made or authorisations granted in application of article L. 1333-8 remain subject, where applicable, to the special regulations governing poisonous substances.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-21

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies for the production of high-quality short films and, where appropriate, the rewriting of their screenplays.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1504

I. - 1. For the determination of the rental values of the properties and fractions of properties mentioned in I of article 1498, the departmental commission on rental values provided for in article 16…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article D3121-21

Pursuant to Article L. 3121-2, the following may be approved as free centres for information, screening and diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infections, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

I. - A royalty is levied, for the benefit of the communes, on each net tonne of the conceded product extracted by mine concessionaires, amodiataires and sous-amodiataires of mining concessions, by hol…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect.

Article L3132-21

The authorisations provided for in article L. 3132-20 are granted for a period that may not exceed three years, after obtaining the opinion of the town council and, where applicable, of the deliberati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-21

The opinions are delivered in plenary session or, where appropriate, by the sections under the conditions laid down in article L. 4422-34. The opinions of the council or the sections are adopted by a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-215

In the event that registration is required for any reason other than the creation of the establishment or a change in the operator, this will be stated in the notice, which will indicate the reason fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Rules specific to the 1970-1974 five-yearly review

Article 1515

I. - For the second five-yearly review of undeveloped properties the rental values are obtained by applying adjustment coefficients to the rental value of the properties, as it results from the previo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities.

Article R210-21

…the bodies accredited for this purpose by the French Accreditation Committee defined by the décret n° 2008-1401 du 19 décembre 2008 relatif à l'accréditation et à l'évaluation de conformité pris en a…

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