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Showing 36613670 of 21130 articles for Art. n° 86-10357 · Cass. 1re civ. 17 January 2006

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

Articles R. 1111-17 to R. 1111-20 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2016-1067 of 3 August 2016, with the exception of III of Article R. 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…which he or she has benefited and order his or her re-incarceration. The provisions of Article 712-17 shall apply. The sentence enforcement judge warns the sentenced person that the measures provided…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-51

…lder of an exclusive exploitation right or by the holder of a licence granted under Articles L. 623-17 or L. 623-20, the applicant must justify that the conditions of l'article L. 623-25 sont remplies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…16, the owner or owners of the private portion; 3° For the buildings referred to in article R. 1334-17, the owner or owners of the building or, in the case of joint ownership, the joint owners' associ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-5

…tial activity allowance in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 5122-14 to R. 5122-17.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octodecies

…er for Industry or the Minister for Defence and tasked with implementing the Paris Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weap…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 quater

…le 265 ter or for fuelling professional fishing vessels, as well as this use, are authorised from 1 January 2007. In the light of the results of the application of article 265 ter, a decree will speci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-7

…t administrative authorities and independent public authorities mentioned in the annex to Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and indepen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Partitioning and similar transactions

Article 750 bis A

…ns of inherited property meeting the conditions set out in II of Article 750, established between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, are exempt from the 2.50% tax on the value of buildings located i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-9

…pulation of a municipality defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 2334-2, authenticated at 1 January 2009, is 10% or more lower than in 2008, the basic allocation provided for in 1° of I of Art…

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