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Showing 391400 of 26878 articles for Art. Cass. com. 8 mars 2017 n° 15-19174

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-15

The decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable if, within fifteen days of their receipt, the Minister responsible for sport has not made any observations known. However, decisions relating to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-15

Where the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 has more than one related insurance undertaking or reinsurance undertaking, each of them is taken into account in the calcu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-150

…d for products which must be covered by the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8, after this authorisation has been issued;2° For the medicinal products mentioned in article L. 51…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1522 bis

I. - The municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation may institute, under the conditions provided for in 1 of II of article 1639 A bis, an incentive portion of the t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

I. - The European Central Bank shall withdraw the authorisation of a credit institution at the request of the institution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 Oc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inventories and national database of sources

Article R1333-158

…l equipment emitting ionising radiation subject to one of the regimes mentioned in Articles L. 1333-8 or L. 1333-9 shall have an inventory of the radioactive sources, accelerators or electrical equipm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-150

…ntation of each medicinal product transferred; 7° The quantity of animals treated or to be treated; 8° The dosage and duration of the treatment prescribed. II.For all sales of veterinary medicinal pro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1a: Documents countersigned by lawyers

Article 1546-3

…all precede his signature with the mention provided for in the third paragraph of the same article; 8° Record the findings or opinions given by a technician collected together by the lawyers.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Liquidation procedures other than safeguard and legal redress

Article A743-15

…a judicial liquidation procedure listed under number 143 of the table referred to in Article A. 743-8 gives rise to the collection of a principal fee, which varies according to the number of employees…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Issue of residence permits

Article R233-15

…ensure their financial support and of insurance providing the benefits mentioned in articles L. 160-8 and L. 160-9 of the Social Security Code.

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