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Showing 36713680 of 36024 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 September 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 6 December 2005 · CA Paris 22 November 2007 · Cass. com. 15 January 2002 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 December 2005

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-13

With a view to the application of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 1126-9 and article L. 1126-10, a national file shall be kept of persons who are free from any disease and who volu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-13

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, fines imposed in application of article L. 4741-12 may not result in the termination or suspension of the employment contract or in any financial los…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-15

I. - The fund referred to in article L. 2135-9 is managed by a joint association, administered by a board of directors made up of representatives of employee trade unions and professional employers' o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°-0 bis: Priority urban policy districts

Article 1383 C ter

…its own tax system decides otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, properties located in the priority urban policy neighbourhoods defined in article 5 of La…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-151

…or medicinal products for human use containing one or more antibiotic substances prescribed in application of article L. 5143-4, the following data: 1° The identifier of the national file of health an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.

Article D341-13

…ate concerned, at the end of the two-year period provided for in II of article L. 341-4. Where applicable, the deletion of information relating to all the mandates held by the same direct seller shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-137

…he date on which work is due to start on a given operation, as referred to in 4° of Article R. 4412-133, the employer shall send the demolition, removal or encapsulation plan, using the DEMAT @ MIANTE…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies

…ovisions of this article apply to commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activities carried out on a professional basis.II. - Capital gains on disposals subject to the regime of articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UC

I. - The provisions of I and 4° to 9° of II of Article 150 U s appliquent:a) Aux plus-values réalisées lors de la cession de biens mentionnés au a du 1° du II de l'article L. 214-81 of the Monetary an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-150

…ces, the following data: 1° The registration number of the prescribing veterinarian; 2° The identification of the farm when the veterinary medicinal products are intended for animals belonging to spec…

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