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Showing 21012110 of 19080 articles for Art. Cass. com. 25 October 2011

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 A

…22 and Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code, in the version applicable on the date of entry into…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1-2

…within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: European companies

Article L322-29

…ce with the provisions of Article 8(14) and Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 referred to above, the transfer of the registered office of an insurance undertaking co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-1

This section relates to the application of: 1° of the Convention signed in Munich on 5 October 1973, hereinafter referred to as the "Munich Convention"; 2° the Agreement on a Unified Patent Jurisdicti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-33

…nagement and supervisory body provided for in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, the written policies shall specify whether it is the responsibility of the board of di…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 A ter

…em. This exemption may not exceed eight years, and the decision to introduce it must be made by 1st October of the previous year at the latest.The exemption may not be applied for more than one year.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section One: Miscellaneous provisions concerning the classification, labelling and packaging of dangerous substances and mixtures

Article R1342-1

…roducts covered by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market; 2° Biocidal products…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-4

…n in the field of paediatrics;3° Directors of midwifery schools governed by Decree no. 90-949 of 26 October 1990 on the special status of directors of midwifery schools in the hospital civil service;4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-42

…udents who have been admitted to the internship competition provided for by decree no. 88-996 of 19 October 1988 relating to specialised studies in the third cycle of pharmacy, under the conditions se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
SCHEDULE 5-3 (Annex to Article A. 526-6)

Article Annexe

…ich the waiver takes effect, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 526-25, the act of renunciation shall bear the following handwritten note by the sole trader: "I hereby…

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