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Showing 801810 of 56461 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-1-2006 n° 04-13.789

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1723 quindecies

1. The tax on insurance conventions provided for in articles 991 et seq. and the contributions or levies collected in accordance with the same rules shall be paid, by direct transfer to the Treasury a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…rticle 24 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986. This letter shall include the information provided for in the penult…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Management

Article A322-171

For flight sessions as defined in 1° and 2° of article A. 322-166 and in 2° of article A. 322-166, supervision must include at least :1° An instructor holding the professional qualification certificat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R313-17

The property valuation expert mentioned in 1° of article L. 313-20 is: 1° Either an external appraiser, a natural or legal person, who is an appraisal expert with no ties to the lender, whether subord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-172

For the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 and in II of article L. 5121-12-1, the obligations set out in article R. 5121-161 and articles R. 5121-166 to R. 5121-170 are car…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-17

The procedures for the election and operation of the territorial council of the Ordre des Médecins, des chirurgiens-dentistes and des sages-femmes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, as well as its powers an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-176

The compensation that may be due between public or ministerial officers, former public or ministerial officers who have not yet been replaced or their successors, other than those mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R3333-17

The fee payable to a département for the occupation of its public domain by pipelines transporting hydrocarbons or chemical products is set by deliberation of the département council after consulting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Points of entry to the territory

Article R3115-17-1

The points of entry to the territory mentioned in articles R. 3115-16 and R. 3115-17 have the technical capacities set out in paragraph 2 of this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-17

The official receiver shall rule on the application by which the judicial administrator, the judicial representative or the liquidator requests the authorisation provided for in Article L. 663-1-1 aft…

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