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Showing 40514060 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-1

The conditions of application of Chapter II of Title I and those of this Title to the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, the Hospices civils de Lyon, the Assistance publique de Marseille and natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article D5121-74-1-1

…erred to in this article is granted. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, when the indication for which authorisation is sought is a rare disease, the maximum value of the period is incre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-11-1

…es to be taken into account is the number of employees employed by the firm on the date of the application to initiate the procedure, defined in accordance with the provisions of the seventh paragraph…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1045-1

The application for a certificate of French nationality is delivered or sent to the clerk's office of the judicial court or the local court chamber using a form. It shall be accompanied by documents m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-14

…omedicine Agency set up under Chapter VIII of Title I of Book IV of this Part shall exercise in New Caledonia and French Polynesia the powers conferred upon it under Title IV of Book V of Part I and T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…for in this chapter, the following provisions of Title I of Book II of this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Chapter I ;2° The first paragraph of articles L. 2212-2 and L. 221…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-1

I.-For the application of III and IV of Article L. 2336-2 and I of article L. 2336-5, the logarithmic coefficient varies according to the population determined in application of

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-13

…in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-453 of 16 April 2021 postponing the end of the application of Decree no. 2020-610 of 22 May 2020 taken for the application of Article L. 3131-17 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R784-11

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-14-1

…beneficial owner i n accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 561-7; 2° May defer verification of the identity of their customer and of the beneficial owner in accordance with the procedur…

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