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Showing 56015610 of 56769 articles for Art. L 144-10 · C. civ. Art. 1709 · Cass. com. 11 May 1971 · Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-11

The approval granted to an association may be transferred in the following cases: 1° In the event of a merger of one or more associations, at least one of which is approved as a victim support associa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-10

In the case of an application for authorisation mentioned in 2° of I of article R. 123-1: 1° Where the file contains all the documents required for the issue of the authorisation(s) required, in accor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-10

Only centres that have received the authorisation referred to in VIII of Article L. 2131-1, issued by decision of the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine after consultation with the Agenc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 100 bis

I - Taxable profits from literary, scientific or artistic production as well as those from the practice of sport may, at the request of taxpayers subject to the controlled declaration regime, be deter…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-10

The request for registration of the pledge is made by filing a slip, the form of which is determined by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The slip shal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Maximum period of absence.

Article R2123-10

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 2123-5, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other pharmacovigilance obligations.

Article R5141-108

A company operating veterinary medicinal products has at its disposal, on a permanent basis, the services of a person, pharmacist or veterinarian, responsible for veterinary pharmacovigilance residing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-101

For the application of article L. 4311-15, the lists of the profession are obtained from the information contained in the register mentioned in article D. 4113-118. The content of each list is limited…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-10

Each pair of candidates, titulars and substitutes, may draw up a circular, the characteristics of which are laid down in the electoral regulations.These circulars, drawn up in French, may only be devo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties between colleagues and members of other health professions

Article R4321-107

A masseur-physiotherapist may only be temporarily replaced in his practice by a colleague registered with the Order. The replacement is personal.The masseur-physiotherapist who is to be replaced must…

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