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Showing 23212330 of 48530 articles for Art. L 145-16 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 February 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 July 1986 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 February 1972

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-23

When placed on the market and up to the final purchaser stage, football, handball and hockey goalposts and basketball goals are accompanied by instructions for use specifying their assembly, installat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 quaterdecies

When the rental is granted by a legal entity or a public or private law body, not mentioned in article 234 duodecies or article 234 terdecies, the contribution provided for in article 234 nonies, base…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1680

Taxes of any kind and revenue recovered by an enforcement order, mentioned in article L. 252 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, are payable in cash, up to a limit of €300, as the case may be, at the cas…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
X : Special arrangements for the declaration and payment of value added tax on importation

Article 298 sexdecies I

I.-Where, for the import of goods covered by distance selling of imported goods, with the exception of products subject to excise duty, contained in consignments with an intrinsic value not exceeding…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-5

I. - The owners referred to in articles R. 1334-17 and R. 1334-18 must compile and keep a file entitled "asbestos technical file" containing the following information and documents:1° Reports on the l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-23

I.-The Committee to which a request for an opinion on a research project involving the human person has been submitted shall give its opinion within a period of forty-five days. If the Committee remai…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification of concentrations and granting of authorisation

Article R331-23

The declaration of a meeting must be made to the prefect of the département where the meeting is to be held or to the police prefect if the meeting is to take place on the airfields of Paris-Charles d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 160

The parties and third parties who are required to assist with the investigative measures shall be summoned, as the case may be, by the clerk of the judge conducting the investigation or by the technic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 169

If, at a hearing before a trial court, a person heard as a witness or for information contradicts the conclusions of an expert report or provides new information from a technical point of view, the pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-6

I. - The following are qualified to carry out, within the scope of their respective powers, the investigation and recording of breaches of the provisions of the articles of this subsection and the reg…

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