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Showing 10111020 of 56854 articles for Art. Cass. com. 31-1-2017 n° 14-29.474

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to paediatric neurosurgery.

Article D6124-144

Paediatric neurosurgical intensive care is provided in a separate sector within a paediatric intensive care unit mentioned in II of article R. 6123-34-3.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Diseases transmitted by insects

Article R3114-14

Orders issued by the Ministers for Health and Ecology and the Minister for the Interior, after consultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Domiciliation

Article R551-14

Organisations under agreement pursuant to article L. 550-2 provide domiciliation for asylum seekers who are referred to them by the French Office for Immigration and Integration. They may only refuse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.

Article R214-144

I. - The following documents and information are sent or made available to all shareholders under the conditions set out in articles R. 214-137 and R. 214-138, no later than fifteen days before the me…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision by the Minister responsible for culture

Article R211-14

The decision by the Minister for Culture to issue a visa with a warning or a specific performance ban, or to refuse the visa, must state the reasons on which it is based.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-14

The pursuing creditor shall be provided by the registry with a copy of the claims produced with a view to drawing up the draft distribution provided for in Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination between judicial and administrative proceedings

Article R716-14

Where a counterclaim for invalidity or revocation of a trade mark is brought before a court subsequent to a claim brought between the same parties and in respect of the same facts before the National…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable premises

Article 1407 ter

I. - In municipalities classified in the geographical areas mentioned in I of Article 232, the municipal council may, by a resolution passed under the conditions laid down in article 1639 A bis, incre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable premises

Article 1407 bis

Municipalities other than those referred to in Article 232 may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis, make dwellings that have been vacant for more than two…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-14

The dotation nationale de péréquation and the dotation de solidarité rurale are paid annually before the end of the third quarter of the financial year in respect of which they are paid.The dotation d…

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