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Showing 11411150 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-15

The exercise of his duties as a public official by the salaried commercial court clerk, as well as that of his professional mandates, are suspended from the day of the termination of the employment co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R1418-15

…ehalf of the agency, subject to the powers conferred on the Board of Directors by the provisions of 5° and 6° of article R. 1418-13. It is the authorising officer for the Agency's revenue and expendit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-15

…rritorial collectivity and fulfilling the conditions of eligibility provided for in article L. 4123-5 is at least equal to twice the minimum number provided for the departmental councils.Until such ti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A ter

…Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by means of a concordant decision taken under the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-15

…ed; 2° The pharmaceutical form, batch number(s) and expiry date of the investigational medicinal product; 3° For the investigational medicinal product or the medicinal product used as a reference, its…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 B

…demergers, mergers of companies or transfers of establishments carried out as from 1 January 1976 may not be less than two-thirds of the rental value applied in the year preceding the contribution,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 sexies

I. - The capital gain realised in the context of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity is calculated, if the property sold has been included in the taxpayer's private asse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-15

…ssistants and, where appropriate, other healthcare staff; 2° Supervision of trainees; 3° Training, education, prevention and screening, particularly in the field of primary and community healthcare; 4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

Practitioners appointed under 4° or 5° of article R. 6152-7 are classified in the post of hospital practitioner, taking into account :1° The legal length of national service and compulsory military se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-15

The resignation of the mayor or a deputy mayor is sent to the representative of the State in the department. It is definitive as from its acceptance by the representative of the State in the departmen…

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