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Showing 54815490 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D6124-67

A patient's transfer, temporary or definitive withdrawal from a haemodialysis centre or medicalised dialysis unit, or hospitalisation is decided by a nephrologist in the establishment. Hospitalisation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

I.-Until 31 December 2001, allocations from the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund are determined by applying a flat-rate compensation rate of 16.176% to actual investment expenditure, as defined by de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-6

…nformation: investment objectives and policy, risk and return profile, any guarantees or protection;3° Information on the fund's charges.For each unit of account constituted in the form of a unit or s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-6

…f sums due to rights holders; 2° The general policy for the use of sums that cannot be distributed; 3° The general policy for the investment of income from the exploitation of rights and income result…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-6

…nd information recorded in the electronic portal provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 814-2 are as follows: 1° In the case of debtors subject to safeguard, receivership or compulsory liq…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-6

…s to be used to calculate the "non-life underwriting risk" module are specified in Articles 114 to 135 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; 2° The "life underwriting…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Competent administrative authorities

Article R*821-1

…e for disembarking a foreign national without the required documents, as provided for in article L. 821-6, is the minister responsible for immigration.The same authority is competent to impose a fine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Share capital.

Article R6223-65

…nsfer of shares in a private practice company of medical biologists referred to in II of article L. 6223-8 is notified to the company's legal representative and to each of the medical biologists, natu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4622-6

…ny occupational health and prevention services, the compulsory services provided for in article L. 4622-9-1 are subject to a contribution proportional to the number of workers monitored, each counting…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Obtaining a new residence permit with a change of reason

Article L433-6

…icle, he/she must also provide proof of compliance with the conditions set out in 1° of article L. 433-4.This article does not apply to the residence permits set out in articles L. 421-2 and L. 421-6.

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