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Showing 31413150 of 19519 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 27 January 2016

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Restrictions on borrowing terms and conditions and on entering into financial contracts

Article R1611-33

…The interest rates on passbook savings accounts defined in articles L. 221-1 , L. 221-13 and L. 221-27 of the Monetary and Financial Code.II. - The indexation formula for variable interest rates on lo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article D47-7

By application of Article 706-27, the assize courts designated in the table annexed to this article shall have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in this table, the crimes referred to in A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds.

Article D2573-59

…023-352 of 9 May 2023 D. 2335-3Décret n° 2000-318 du 7 avril 2000 D. 2335-23 Decree no. 2023-206 of 27 March 2023 II.-For the application of articles R. 2335-1 and R. 2335-2 to the communes of French…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-166

…monitoring for certain active substances by the European Medicines Agency in application of Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…ng sites and premises used for the exercise of the profession, acquired or manufactured as from 1st January 1960 by industrial companies, may be calculated according to a degressive depreciation syste…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VE

…a unilateral undertaking to sell or a synallagmatic undertaking to sell, signed and dated between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023 at the latest; 2° Completed no later than 31 December of the secon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-1

In the event that the budget of a territorial authority has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to which it applies, the executive of the territorial authority is entitled, until t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Aggravated risks

Article L1141-3

…informatique et des libertés, which shall give an opinion on its compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms. In the absence of an agreement, or in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-7

…is article guarantee any person who so requests, in application of article 74 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, that their personal heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to health data

Article L1435-6

…nd precautions are taken to ensure that access can be traced, in compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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