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Showing 14011410 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-15

The insurer must submit any proposed transaction involving a minor or an adult under guardianship to the guardianship judge or the family council, which is competent to authorise it, depending on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157 bis

…on 31 December of the tax year, or meeting one of the disability conditions mentioned in article 195, may deduct an amount of:- €2,620 from their net overall income if this income does not exceed €16…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-15

…is not a party to the act, of the owner of the deposit on the day of such request. However, a deed may only be registered if the person indicated in the deed as the holder of the design registration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-15

…l hospital grouping, it participates in drawing up this master plan.III - The constituent agreement may stipulate that the army hospital associated with the group will use all or part of the convergen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-156

I. - direct or indirect holdings in the companies referred to in 2° of the I of article L. 214-115 may represent up to 100% of the assets of a société civile de placement immobilier, if the following…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15

…of registration and advertising provided for by the articles L. 141-6 à L. 141-18, and, to whom it may concern, those made to achieve resale. Article L. 143-9 is applicable to the sale and the higher…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-15

…the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-15

…dinating doctor. If the sentence enforcement judge deems it impossible to make this appointment, he may order, depending on the case and in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Proce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-155

…zure relates to a claim for a sum of money, the third party debtor must immediately deposit the sum due with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations or with the Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-15

…rticipating in the merger and whose claim predates the publicity given to the draft terms of merger may lodge an objection to the latter within the period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. A court…

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