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Showing 11611170 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 216 A

…s granted by the latter to another company in which it has a holding within the meaning of article 145 are not taken into account in determining the taxable results of the debtor company. To benefit f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-21

…administrator where one has been appointed, the extension provided for in 1° of III of Article L. 641-11-1. The juge-commissaire notes, at the request of any interested party, the automatic terminati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of committees

Article R2522-21

…Minister of Labour and to the Prefect of the region or department within forty-eight hours. In all cases, the minutes are signed by the chairman, the members of the committee and the parties present…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21

The application for marketing authorisation is sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. It must state : 1° The name and address of the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-214

…authorisation must be submitted for any changes which have an impact on the quality, safety and efficacy of the medicinal product. This application must be accompanied by a technical dossier, the mode…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing the composition of the assets and liabilities of the financing body

Article R214-218

The assets of the securitisation undertaking may consist of : 1° For securitisation undertakings: a) Debt securities, whether governed by French or foreign law, under the conditions defined in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-21

Subject to the provisions of article R. 5125-24, the exclusion of a member of a société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine may be decided, when he contravenes the operating rules of the comp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-216

Dental surgeons shall indicate on their prescription forms and other professional documents : 1° His surname, first names, professional postal and electronic address, telephone number and identificati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-21

Persons whose activity is to offer access to online public communication services shall include, in the contracts concluded with their subscribers, a clear and legible reference to the provisions of A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions applicable to the automatic release under constraint provided for in II of article 720

Article D147-21

…nforcement committee at which the person's situation will be examined, and will provide, where applicable, any information that will enable the judge to assess whether it is materially impossible for…

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