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Showing 24112420 of 32230 articles for Art. Loi 2011-900 du 29-7-2011

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Sharing

Article 749 B

Sont exonérées du droit d'enregistrement ou de la taxe de publicité foncière prévus à article 746 the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 151 octies C.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for oncology surgery

Article R6123-92-7

Authorisation for oncological surgery of the otorhinolaryngeal and maxillofacial sphere with grades A and B may only be granted if the health care establishment has an organisation allowing access, on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-7

Pursuant to 6° of article 1-1 of law no. 55-1052 of 6 August 1955, the provisions of the regulatory part of the present code apply ipso jure in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-7

The Union nationale des associations agréées d'usagers du système de santé is administered by a board whose members are elected in accordance with the conditions defined in its articles of association…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-7

Non-clinical trials intended to assess the properties and safety of medicinal products for human use must comply with good laboratory practice, the principles of which are laid down by decision of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-7

…e diploma of doctor of medicine within the meaning of article L. 4131-1. The Etablissement Français du Sang and the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre ensure that the knowledge of the staff mention…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-119

…mmunicates the case file to him and the parties when he notifies them, pursuant to I of Article 175 du présent code.The Public Prosecutor, in his submissions, and the parties, in their observations, s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-37

…own under conditions that do not offer sufficient guarantees with regard to the protection of individual freedoms and the rights of the defence; 4° If it is established that the foreign decision was i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-78

Locations, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and mixed syndicates may introduce a special fee to finance the collection and treatment of the waste mentioned in article L. 2224-14.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 729-1

The children of the unworthy are not excluded by the fault of their author, either if they come to the succession in their own right or if they come to it by the effect of representation; but the unwo…

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