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Showing 941950 of 36791 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · CA Dijon 12 October 1995 · CA Paris 25 October 2000 · Cass. com. 22 November 2016 n° 14-23.658 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 8 July 1997 · Cass. com. 14 November 2019 n° 18-16.807

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-14

The summary data on the financial situation of the local authority, provided for in article L. 6361-11, include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Tax revenue/populatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-14

The summary data on the financial situation of the local authority, provided for in article L. 6261-11, include the following ratios:1° Real operating expenditure/population;2° Tax revenue/population;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Partnership with the Institution Nationale des Invalides under Article L. 6147-16

Article R6147-146

Co-operation between the army hospitals located in the Ile-de-France region and the National Invalids Institution aims to strengthen their complementarity in the field of care for the physically and p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 C

…m property tax on built-up properties and from the business property tax provided for in articles 1383 A and 1464 B is subject to a decision by the deliberating body of the local authorities or public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-14

Advertising aimed at healthcare professionals, for a product or object defined in article R. 5134-11, is adapted to its target audience. It specifies the date on which it was drawn up or last revised…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-14

…ed under the supervision of customs officers provided the following conditions are met: 1° The applicant has confirmed in writing and by means of a detailed expert report to the customs authorities, w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Vocational training

Article L4433-14

…In each overseas region, a public industrial and commercial establishment with responsibility for vocational training may be created. The establishment is created by the deliberative assembly and plac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R5125-24-12

…ds of impediment, or for any other serious reason, by the president of the judicial court for the location of the company's registered office, ruling on a petition at the request of the liquidator him…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-14

…e recovery plan or convergence plan submitted to the Autorité pursuant to Articles L. 352-7 and L. 385-8 of this Code respectively, and in the recovery plan submitted to it pursuant toArticle L. 612-3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-14

No more than one quarter of the capital of a société d'exercice libéral mentioned in article R. 4381-8 may be held by one or more persons who do not meet the conditions of the first paragraph or of 1°…

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