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Showing 21512160 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article D6122-38

…attached to this letter. The holder may begin to carry out the activity or use the heavy equipment and provide care reimbursable by social security from the day following this dispatch. Within the si…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18

…d down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, by any laboratory designated for this purpose by the Agency and accredited or approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Agency also carries out research act…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-18

…e easement provided for in articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 may only be established within the zones and sectors defined in local town planning schemes. This provision does not apply to easements estab…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-18

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article L. 615-17, the civil actions and claims referred to in the first paragraph of Article 32 of the Agreement relating to a Unified Patent Court sh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of neutrality and impartiality

Article R8124-18

The staff of the labour inspection system carry out their duties impartially, without expressing any prejudices in their behaviour, words or actions. They ensure that users in identical situations, wh…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-19

…ection, adopted in application of article L. 422-2 of the French Consumer Code, apply to football, handball, hockey and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals intended for use outdoors or indoo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 vicies A

…least half of the transfer price occurs on the date of conclusion of the contract referred to in a and the balance during a period between the eighth and twelfth year following that of this event;

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article D123-321

The amounts of the fees payable pursuant to Article L. 123-54 are set, for each formality, by the tables in Appendix 1-4 of this book. No fee is payable in the event of amendments made by the keeper o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D143-3

Permission to go out may be granted, on an ad hoc or regular basis, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays or non-working days to sentenced persons admitted to the semi-liberty regime or benefiting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to 5° "haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-31

…24-27-1, the haematology intensive care unit includes at least the equipment required for radiology and ultrasound examinations to be carried out in the unit's rooms, when this is justified by the con…

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