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Showing 11911200 of 30141 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 15-12-2021 n° 21-70.022 F-B

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Identification and lists of members of the profession of pharmacist.

Article D4221-21

In the case of pharmacists who are required to be registered on the Roll of the Order, the Council of the Order to which they belong will, as part of the registration process, register the pharmacist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-21

An internal-use pharmacy may have some of its control operations relating to the preparations mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 5121-1 carried out by a subcontracted laboratory under the terms…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-21

If one of the parties so requests, any dispute relating to the application of Articles L. 611-7 and L. 611-7-1 shall be submitted to a joint conciliation commission, chaired by a magistrate of the jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-21

I.-Where the Public Prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not, without the consent of the executing Member State, be sur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-21

I. - The community of communes whose perimeter is identical to that of a syndicate of communes or a mixed syndicate is substituted ipso jure for that syndicate of communes or that mixed syndicate for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-21

When an application for authorisation concerns a generic veterinary medicinal product of a reference veterinary medicinal product which has not been authorised in France but which has been authorised…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Permanent exemptions

Article 15

I. - (Repealed).II. - Income from dwellings where the owner reserves the use of the property is not subject to income tax.This exemption also applies to premises included in agricultural holdings and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Non-deduction of income tax

Article 153

For the determination of the net income referred to in I to VIIa of this sub-section, income tax is not allowed as a deduction.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Deduction of spouse's salary

Article 154

I. For the purposes of determining industrial and commercial profits and the profits of non-commercial professions, the salary of the spouse actually participating in the exercise of the profession ma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Determination of income from foreign assets

Article 151

For the application of in article L. 69 of the Book of Tax Procedures, the tax on income from foreign assets is calculated by multiplying the amount of these assets by the average annual gross yield o…

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