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Showing 48814890 of 19767 articles for Art. Cass. com. 29 janvier 2008 n° 06-20010

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligation to report.

Article R5133-5

Where it appears that a reagent presents risks to public health, including as a result of non-compliance with the rules laid down in this chapter, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-7

The decision to administer emergency contraception is preceded by an interview with the student, whether she is a minor or an adult. The purpose of this interview is to enable the nurse to assess whet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-39-1

In the event of the installation of new heavy equipment mentioned in 2° of article R. 6122-26 which does not lead to the threshold mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article R. 6123-161 being e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Amendment of the Articles of Association and dissolution

Article R6141-66

The foundation is dissolved by a decision of the Board of Directors taken under the conditions set out in article R. 6141-65 or in the event of repeal of the decree approving its articles of associati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-2

The Director appoints the members of the Executive Board who belong to the medical professions, on presentation of a list of proposals drawn up by the Chairman of the Institutional Medical Board. In u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-12

The practitioner must return to his post within two months of receiving the notification provided for in the last paragraph of article R. 6152-8, unless a dispensation is granted by the Director Gener…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-19

I. - Each year, the credit institutions mentioned in Title I of Book V and the electronic money and payment institutions mentioned in Title II of the same book shall draw up a list of inactive account…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

The following are exempt from the special tax on insurance agreements:1° Reinsurance, subject to what is stated in Article 1000 ;2° Insurance benefiting, under exceptional provisions, from exemption f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Contribution on mineral waters

Article 1582

I.-The communes in whose territory mineral water springs are located may institute, for their own benefit, a contribution on these waters.The deliberation instituting the contribution or modifying its…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 1678 quater

I. - The levy on fixed income investment products referred to in l'article 125 A, the withholding tax relating to interest on savings bonds mentioned in article 1678 bis and the levies on income attac…

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