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Showing 54615470 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities engaged in economic activity

Article L612-5

…of the management or supervisory board, or a shareholder with more than 10% of the voting rights is simultaneously a director or acts as a corporate officer of the said legal entity.The deliberative b…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Facilities and services managed by the network's establishments under public service delegations.

Article R712-36

…d a period of two years, and sets out all the measures to be taken by the institution and the concession-granting authority to restore the balance of the delegated operation of a service or public fac…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional Commission for the Coordination of the Actions of the Regional Health Agency and the Sickness Insurance Scheme

Article R1434-13

The tasks of the regional commission for the coordination of the actions of the regional health agency and the health insurance scheme are: 1° To organise the participation of the health insurance bod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The decision of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-7

The panel of the Court of Revision and Review rejects the application if it considers it to be unfounded. If it considers the application to be well-founded, it shall set aside the conviction handed d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-3

…r contracts relating to financial services involving an initial service agreement followed by successive transactions or a series of separate transactions of the same nature staggered over time, the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-2

Companies producing or marketing products mentioned in II of Article L. 5311-1, with the exception of those mentioned in 14°, 15° and 17°, or providing services associated with these products, shall m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-436

Practitioners who, within six years of the contractual termination, are recruited to take up a post in the establishment from which they received a specific contractual termination indemnity are requi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-9

Practitioners who, within six years of the contractual termination, are recruited to take up a post in the establishment from which they received a specific contractual termination indemnity are requi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation of derogations

Article L1453-11

Authorisation is required for the conclusion of an agreement as provided for in article L. 1453-8 which stipulates the offer of benefits whose individual or cumulative amount per agreement exceeds amo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-16

Where undivided property is encumbered by a usufruct, agreements, subject in principle to the provisions of the preceding chapter, may be concluded either between the bare owners or between the usufru…

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