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Showing 671680 of 56461 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-1-2006 n° 04-13.789

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-17

When it is established that the operating conditions of the laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area holding the aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-17

In addition to those set out in article L. 6431-10, the Director is responsible for the following tasks: 1° In charge of relations with the supervisory authorities, the Territory's High Administrator…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-17

In the event of exclusion, departure or death accompanied by the refusal of approval of the transferee or successors, the holder of the shares, or, in the event of death, his successors, have the opti…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740 A

The fact of knowingly issuing documents, such as certificates, receipts, statements, invoices or attestations, enabling a taxpayer to unduly obtain a deduction from taxable income or profit, a tax cre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1741 A

The tax offences commission provided for in article L. 228 of the Book of Tax Procedures is composed, under the chairmanship of a State Councillor, active or honorary, elected by the General Assembly…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to difficult and low-budget cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article D331-17

For the application of VII of article 220 sexies of the General Tax Code: 1° For cinematographic works: a) A difficult work is a director's first or second work; b) A low-budget work is one whose tota…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-17

Each committee has its headquarters in a public establishment with whose legal representative the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Data Protection Committee enter into an agreeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects.

Article D2573-17

I. - The articles R. 511-1, R. 511-3 to R. 511-12 of the Construction and Housing Code are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptation provided for in II. II. - For the ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-17

For the establishment of the regional development schemes provided for in articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 et L. 4433-16, the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of public interest and protection perimeter

Article R1322-17

The application for a natural mineral water spring to be declared to be in the public interest and for a protective perimeter to be assigned to it, as provided for in article L. 1322-3, is sent to the…

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