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Showing 24812490 of 19581 articles for Art. 21 mars 2001 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1394

All matrimonial agreements shall be drawn up by deed before a notary, in the presence and with the simultaneous consent of all the persons who are parties thereto or their proxies. When the contract i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1-1

…rder of 9 March 2020 fixing the list of qualifications previously listed inAnnex II-1 to Article A. 212-1 of the Sports Code allowing the supervision of physical or sporting activities in return for r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration fees, acquisitions by HLM organisations or semi-public companies of residential properties built or acq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 1-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 123-63 AND A. 134-2)

Article Annexe 1-2

…name of the registered person) declare under my responsibility, in accordance with article R. 123-121-1, to have informed my spouse Mr / Mrs (delete as appropriate), with whom I married without a mar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Centre d'action sociale de la ville de Paris (R).

Article R2512-4

The City of Paris social action centre is subject to the provisions of article 28 of decree no. 69-83 of 27 January 1969 on public administration regulations relating to the organisation and remit of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-4

…on networks is set by the departmental council within the following annual ceiling: PR = (0.045 7 P + 15,245) euros, where P represents the sum of the populations without double counting of the commun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…l police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 of this Code, may carry out the identity checks provided for in the seventh paragraph of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

…r assets may be transferred to a new specialised finance company. In accordance with Article L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code, the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of the specialis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-36

…national number identifying the presentation of the medicinal product provided for in Article R. 5121-4. It indicates, where applicable, the classification of the medicinal product in the following c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-1

…its registered office is located in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin or Moselle, by articles 21 to 79-3 of the local civil code.A decree sets the operating procedures for territorial health pro…

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