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Showing 591600 of 44700 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 15 June 2010 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · CA Versailles 7 June 2007

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-15

…ration on the roll of the Ordre des Médecins is decided by the representative of the State in the local authority.The other powers of the territorial council shall be vested in a delegation of three m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-15

…ng to ask the next general meeting to deliberate on the matters raised. This report shall be communicated to the works council. If, at the end of the general meeting, the statutory auditor finds that…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-15

…who was not entitled to do so, or which does not comply with the conditions set out in articles R. 712-13 and R. 712-14, is declared inadmissible.Where the opposition is based on several prior rights…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts

Article L721-15

…quest, with information relating to all types of accounts and safes that it centralises in order to carry out the duties assigned to it by Article L. 721-14, for the purpose of recovering all types of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension.

Article D211-15

…in Article L. 211-29 are determined as follows: 1° Financial securities or instruments created physically are said to be delivered if, at the time of the repurchase agreement, they are effectively and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice of the profession by students.

Article D4151-15

…o practise the profession of midwife as a replacement under the conditions laid down in article L. 4151-6 may be granted to student midwives enrolled in a higher education establishment offering train…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Authorisation for cross-border movement of embryos

Article R2141-15

The application for authorisation must be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt.This application shall include a file cont…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UB

…such property, are subject exclusively to the tax regime provided for in I and 1° of II of article 150 U. For the purposes of this provision, companies whose assets, at the close of the three financi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VH

I. - The income tax relating to the capital gain realised on the assets mentioned in articles 150 U to 150 UC is paid when the declaration provided for in article 150 VG.If applicable, the rules of pa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discipline of athletes and trainees

Article R114-15

I.-The director of the centre may impose a disciplinary sanction on any athlete or trainee who contravenes the rules governing the operation of the establishment set out in the centre's internal regul…

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