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Showing 53815390 of 52097 articles for Art. L 144-10 · Cass. com. 22 January 1991 · CA Paris 31 March 1994 · Cass. com. 9 November 2004 · Cass. com. 22 December 1980 · Cass. com. 21 April 1977

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-10-1

When the parallel import application concerns a proprietary veterinary medicinal product which has already been the subject of a parallel import authorisation, and the proprietary veterinary medicinal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-10

Articles R. 422-1 to R. 422-9 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99

The rectification of civil status records is ordered by the president of the court.The rectification of the indication of sex and, where applicable, first names is ordered at the request of any person…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Fixed-date proceedings.

Article 920

The appellant summons the opposing party for the day fixed. Copies of the application, the order of the first president, and a copy of the statement of appeal endorsed by the registrar or a copy of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article R762-9

If the full declaration is not filed within the time limits set out in article R. 762-5, commercial events held in the park are subject, depending on the case, to the declaration system provided for i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93

1. The profit to be included in the income tax base is made up of the excess of total revenue over the expenses required to carry on the profession. Subject to the provisions of article 151 sexies, it…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-9

The public prosecutor at the court that has handed down a conviction or made a probation decision involving alternative sanctions or measures provided for in Articles 764-3 and 764-4 shall be competen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-5

Without prejudice to the information required by other legislative or regulatory provisions, the container and packaging of each unit of tattooing product placed on the market free of charge or agains…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Submitting the application

Article R434-10

If only partial reunification is requested, the application must include, in addition to the information mentioned in articles R. 434-8 and R. 434-9:1° A statement of the reasons, relating in particul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Quasi-machines

Article R4313-10

The manufacturer, importer or any other person responsible for placing partly completed machinery on the market shall draw up and sign a declaration of incorporation in which he declares the technical…

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