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Showing 491500 of 28212 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7-12-1964

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-12

The Etablissement Français du Sang is subject to the provisions of titles I and III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-12

The Prefect may, on his own initiative on a proposal from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or at the request of the authorisation holder and in accordance with the procedure laid dow…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Appeal procedures

Article L783-12

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Appeal procedures

Article L784-12

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-12

Expenditure and income attributable to the activities carried out by public health institutions are recorded in a single statement of projected income and expenditure. However, operating operations re…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-12

The purchaser is not obliged to use electronic means of communication in the following cases: 1° For the contracts mentioned in articles R. 2122-1 to R. 2122-11 and meeting a need whose estimated valu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-12

The "Free of Damage" clause frees the insurer from any damage, whether common or specific, except in cases which give rise to the right to surrender the goods; in these cases, the insured has the opti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating principally to the assets and property of the business

Article A444-125

Services relating to the allocation of a property to the assets of the sole trader with limited liability (numbers 105 to 108 in table 5) give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-12

Each candidate completes a declaration of candidacy in which he or she indicates his or her full name, date of birth, address, qualifications, method of practice, professional qualification and, where…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for construction insurance

Article A421-12

The amount of the contribution to the guarantee fund, provided for in I of article L. 421-10-1, is determined in accordance with the following formula, for an accounting year i :CFi = max [0; T% x (Mi…

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