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Showing 46214630 of 23086 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 mars 2013 n° 12-10144

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ethics officers in health authorities and bodies

Article R1451-16

…bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Maintaining compliance

Article R4322-3

…of the social security bodies and the approved body referred to in accordance with Article R. 4722-26.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-42

The public accountants who record extracts of judgements and settlements in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 66-136 of 4 March 1966 recover, under the same conditions as fines, the surchar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-59

The craft businesses referred to in the seventh paragraph of article L. 431-14 are defined in the first paragraph of article 1 of decree no. 62-235 of 1 March 1962 amended by article 1 of decree no. 7…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

In order to benefit from the registration of sums in their automatic account, delegated production companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-1

The couple or unmarried woman whose embryos are stored are consulted, in writing, each calendar year on whether they wish to continue this storage method under the conditions set out in Article L. 214…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-107

…or veterinary medicinal products authorised by the European Medicines Agency in Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8 ter

…practice of the profession of their members and operating in accordance with the provisions of loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 modifiée sont personnellement soumis à l'impôt sur le revenu pour la p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…r on one of the lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires. Exceptionally, the courts may, by reason…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-8

…se issued pursuant to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n° 2004-604 du 24 juin 2004 portant réforme du régime des valeurs mobilières émises par les sociétés…

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