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Showing 11211130 of 50639 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 15-2-2006 n° 231

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-15

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 823-12 and specific legislative provisions, statutory auditors, as well as their employees and experts, are bound by professional secrecy with regard to facts,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 D

I. - The flat-rate tax referred to in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to land-based electricity production facilities using mechanical wind energy and electricity production facilities using hydrauli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3

Officers and agents of the judicial police are obliged to receive complaints lodged by victims of criminal offences, including when these complaints are lodged with a judicial police service or unit t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-15

A Conseil territorial de l'ordre des médecins is constituted in the collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon when the number of doctors practising in this territorial collectivity and fulfilling the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-15

When, in the course of his work, the statutory auditor identifies facts likely to compromise the group's ability to continue as a going concern, he informs the directors, in accordance with the condit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-15

Any opposition filed after the deadline, or filed by a person who was not entitled to do so, or which does not comply with the conditions set out in articles R. 712-13 and R. 712-14, is declared inadm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-151

I.-The pharmacists mentioned in article L. 5143-2 declare, for sales of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances or medicinal products for human use containing one or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Relocation of film screenings

Article D212-15

…for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-153

Estimates and contracts (numbers 153 and 154 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of a proportional fee:1° In the case of estimates and sales contracts, according to the following scale:Base scale…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-159

The register of purchases kept pursuant to article L. 225-211 to report transactions carried out pursuant to article L. 225-208 indicates in the order of the transactions carried out: 1° The date of e…

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