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Showing 18711880 of 58206 articles for Art. L 441-10 s. · Cass. com. 3 March 2015 n° 14-11.414

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-1

A generic medicinal product may not be marketed until ten years have elapsed following the initial marketing authorisation of the reference medicinal product. However, this period is extended to eleve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-10

An agreement between the company and the administrative authority, concluded within six months of the validation provided for inarticle L. 1237-19-3, determines, where applicable on the basis of a soc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-145

No remuneration is payable:1° For handwritten entries made for internal information purposes at the registry, on deeds or documents kept at the registry or drawn up by it or on documents produced;2° F…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

I. - A fixed fee is payable by persons subject to the supervision of the Autorité des marchés financiers, where provided for by law or regulation, in the following cases: 1° In the event of publicatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons and activities

Article 1447

I. - The business property tax is due each year by natural or legal persons, unincorporated companies or trustees for their activity carried out under a trust agreement who habitually carry out a self…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

I. - (Repealed).I bis. - (Repealed).II. - The following are automatically exempted from council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not used as a main residence:1° Managers of you…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-10-1

…surance undertakings to finance the intervention of the guarantee fund in the event of the withdrawal of authorisation of an insurance undertaking covering, in the territory of the French Republic, ri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax debtor

Article 1400

I. - Subject to the provisions of Articles 1403 and 1404, all property, whether built or unbuilt, must be taxed in the name of the current owner.II. - When a property is encumbered by usufruct or leas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14

Provided that they have not been deleted under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 53-14-1 to R. 53-14-4, data and information are kept for the maximum periods detailed in the following paragraphs…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-14

Two months before a holiday is due to take place, any natural or legal person holding "organised adapted holidays" approval is required to inform, by any means, including by fax or e-mail, on the basi…

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