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Showing 931940 of 48272 articles for Art. Cass. com. 5 April 2016 n° 14-15.860 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 14 March 2012 · Cass. com. 29 April 2003 · Cass. com. 5 February 2020 n° 18-21.689

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414 B

…in an establishment providing long-term care, mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 6143-5 of the Public Health Code, and including accommodation, to people who are not living independe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-14

…ecord, under the conditions and subject to the guarantees provided for in articles L. 1110-4 and L. 1470-5 and in compliance with medical confidentiality.The automatic opening of the digital health sp…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2151-14

In the consultation documents, the purchaser may require tenderers to provide a test report from an accredited conformity assessment body as proof of compliance with the technical specifications, awar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-14

…ories of personnel insofar as they have not been laid down by legislative or regulatory provisions; 5° The criteria for allocating certain bonuses and allowances.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-141

Releases (numbers 131 to 134 of table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° With regard to the release of a seizure, a fixed fee of €26.41;2° With regard to the release of a mortgage registration, lien…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose

Article D5134-145

The adult intermediaries mentioned in article L. 5134-100 carry out social and cultural mediation tasks. The activities of these adult relays include : 1° Welcoming people, listening to them and carry…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-14

I. - Chapter VIII of Title I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-14

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of hospital pharmacy assistant, natio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-144

…eneral-purpose professional fund are reserved for professional clients as referred to in article L. 533-16 and for foreign investors belonging to an equivalent category under the law of the country to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-145

…ccupational exposure limit value; 4° A description of the working methods and technical means used; 5° The workstation instructions provided for in Article R. 4412-39; 6° The characteristics of the eq…

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