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Showing 91100 of 10142 articles for Art. CJEU – Ingmar – 9 Nov. 2000 – C-381/98

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 381-2

The court shall declare a child taken into care by a person, establishment or departmental child welfare service to be abandoned if the child is in the situation referred to in Article 381-1 during th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 381-1

A child shall be deemed to be neglected where his or her parents have not maintained with him or her the relations necessary for his or her upbringing or development during the year preceding the lodg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-381

The establishment and the practitioner recruited under an open-ended contract may agree on the terms of termination of the contract between them. The contractual termination is the result of an agreem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Measures taken by sports federations and event organisers

Article R232-98-3

When the relevant Federation or the organiser responsible for an Event imposes a suspension on a Team, under the conditions set out in IV of article L. 232-23-5, the period of suspension shall begin o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-98-1

…232-23-6 and notified under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 232-97. The exchanges between the interested party and the French Anti-Doping Agency or the Sanction Com…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-98-2

Sports federations and professional leagues shall be bound by confidentiality and may not disclose to any person the content of documents sent to them pursuant to this section before the publication p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Continuous post-operative monitoring.

Article D6124-98-1

…patient's state of health allows, the post-intervention monitoring provided for in article D. 6124-97 may be carried out in a room or in the specific adapted area provided for in article D. 6124-302,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIa: Transitional tax relief

Article 1647 C quinquies C

…craft trades that would have been due in respect of 2010 under this code in force at 31 December 2009, with the exception of the flat-rate coefficients determined in application of article 1518 bis wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 C

…s deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company under the conditions set out in Article 199 ter C.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Committee on abuse of tax law

Article 1653 C

The committee provided for in Article L. 64 of the Book of Tax Procedures comprises:a. a Councillor of State, Chairman;b. a Councillor at the Court of Cassation;c. A lawyer with expertise in tax law;d…

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