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Showing 28412850 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Service vouchers

Article D4135-22-4

…financial aid, before 1 February of the year following that in which it was awarded, with a certificate stating the total amount of aid received and specifying that it is non-taxable. The annual decl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article D4031-45-1

The annual rate of the contribution is set, by profession, as follows: 1° For doctors: 0.5% ; 2° For dental surgeons, pharmacists and responsible biologists: 0.3% ; 3° For nurses, masseur-physiotherap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4311-41-5

I.-An application for a European professional card, accompanied by supporting documents, must be submitted by a nurse to the competent authority of a Member State of the European Union or party to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4311-41-6

…der by the Minister for Health sets out : 1° The list of supporting documents accompanying the application for a European professional card, including in particular the conditions under which missing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-19-4

…the consortium, in consultation with the management boards, after obtaining the opinion of the medical commissions and technical committees of each establishment concerned, and after receiving a favo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 464

…an offence, it shall impose the penalty. It shall rule, where appropriate, on the civil action, and may order the provisional payment, in whole or in part, of the damages awarded. It also has the opti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 469

…nalty, the court shall refer the public prosecutor to proceed in such manner as it shall advise. It may, after hearing the Public Prosecutor, issue, by the same decision, a committal or arrest warrant…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional cinematographic performances

Article R211-47

The application must be sent to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée at least two weeks before the date scheduled for the first public performance of the work or document. It must includ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection II: Governance of the plan

Article A144-4

I. - For each member, the ratio referred to in article R. 144-26 depends on the period between the date on which the plan's annual accounts are closed and the date on which the member's rights are set…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 463

…ded for in Articles 151 to 155. This additional information obeys the rules laid down by articles 114,119,120 and 121. The public prosecutor may obtain, if necessary by means of requisitions, communic…

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