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Showing 481490 of 63274 articles for Art. s. 1833 and 1844-10 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 July 2000

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-10

The president of the local authority attaches the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the local auth…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L831-10

…struction or immobilisation, by neutralising any means essential to their operation, of the boats, land vehicles and aircraft that were used to commit the offences referred to in Articles L. 823-1 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-106

When entrusted with a mission, the medical expert must recuse himself if he considers that the questions put to him are not related to medical technique, to his knowledge, to his possibilities or that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-107

…g any expert examination, the medical expert must inform the person he is to examine of his mission and the legal framework in which his opinion is sought.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-105

No one may be both expert doctor and treating doctor for the same patient. A doctor must not accept a mission of expertise in which his own interests are at stake, or those of one of his patients, one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-108

In drafting his report, the medical expert must only reveal information that is likely to provide an answer to the questions asked. Outside these limits, he must not reveal anything that he may have l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-10

…orming the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, defer payment of the following instalments. If the amount of the tax is more than 20% higher than the amount of the advance payments made, th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-10

Applications for authorisation are examined by local government departments.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Grant of cinematographic representation rights

Article L213-10

…conditions set out in articles L. 212-28 to L. 212-30, excluding the tax instituted in article L. 115-1. It is expressed, as is the resulting proportional share for the grantor, in terms of value excl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-10

…rticle…

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