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Showing 19811990 of 19478 articles for Art. Cass. com. 25 January 2023

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-29

The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter III of Title II of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, as well as the provisions of Regulation (…

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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 L1126-28

The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter III of Title II of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, as well as the provisions of Regulation (…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HO

For the purposes of income tax or corporation tax, cash subscriptions made between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2010 to the capital of companies subject to corporation tax under the conditions of or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4113-7

Without prejudice to the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, the creation and use for commercial canvassing or promotional purposes o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Medical auxiliaries.

Article L4423-1

…L. 4311-12 are applicable in Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.Articles L. 4311-2 to L. 43…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° Special schemes

Article 743 bis

…ely in the leasing contract (1). (1) These provisions apply to contracts entered into on or after 1 January 1996.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: National fund for the development of water supplies.

Article R2335-14

…of the fees in the month following their collection from users or, where there is no collection, in January for the previous year. In the absence of payment by the distributor, recovery of the fee is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-5

…der issued after consultation of the CNIL pursuant to I of article 26 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-93

…ber of employees per college, showing the respective proportions of men and women, is assessed at 1 January of the year in which the staff representatives are elected. However, if in the last six mont…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-4

…ew to enabling them to acquire a qualification, pursuant to II a of Article 82 of Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 on the division of powers between the communes, départements, regions and the State, th…

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