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Showing 21212130 of 51351 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-3-2014 n° 13-11.651 F-D

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 G

…of social rental housing demolished under the conditions provided for in articles 6 and 9-1 of law n° 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 on the guidelines and programming for towns and urban renewal and pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-39-1

In the event of an appeal by the public prosecutor or the sentenced person, the other party has an additional period of twenty-four hours or five days in which to lodge a cross-appeal, depending on wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Special conditions for the "cardiovascular" designation

Article D6124-177-30

The holder of the authorisation has the following facilities on site: 1° A technical exploration centre equipped with echocardiography, stress test and telemetry facilities; 2° A technical rehabilitat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Interventional activities under medical imaging in neuroradiology.

Article D6124-150-3

I.-The holder ensures that the medical and paramedical team identifies and regularly updates the recommendations for good practice to be applied, and implements an assessment of compliance with these…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-103-3

For the application of 20° of Article L. 72-103-2, provisions for liabilities and charges must be set aside as soon as the risk arises, and impairment must be recognised if an asset loses value.The Ch…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-1

The term of office for members of the Management Board appointed by the Chairman of the Management Board of the institution is four years. The term of office ends when a new director is appointed, or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Special conditions for the "pneumology" option

Article D6124-177-37

I.-The holder of the authorisation has the following on site: 1° A technical platform for functional respiratory explorations enabling a flow-volume curve to be produced; 2° Access to non-invasive ven…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable on completion of work

Article R4412-139

At the end of the work, the employer draws up an end-of-work report containing all the information relating to the progress of the work, in particular the dust level measurements, the prior waste acce…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster

Article D125-3-2

The Commission is set up by the Minister for Civil Protection, who pays the costs of its operation and secretariat. The commission's secretariat is responsible in particular for communicating the repo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-3

The victim must also be informed, in accordance with the same procedures, of the rights provided for by article 10-2 of this code. The complainant shall also be informed of the procedures for communic…

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