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Showing 10911100 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out certain blood sampling procedures

Article R4352-13

…blood samples from the ear lobule, fingertips, elbow crease, back of the hand and malleolar region may be taken by:1° The medical laboratory technicians mentioned in article L. 4352-2, who took up th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-13

…ement companies mentioned in article L. 543-1 ; f) The pension reserve fund mentioned in article L. 135-6 of the Social Security Code, the occupational pension institutions mentioned in article L. 370…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: French Development Agency

Article L515-13

…ual letter of objectives. III - For its financial operations, the Agence française de développement may use a subsidiary approved as a banking services provider in which it holds, directly or indirect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-13

…al is deemed to be an implicit decision to refuse authorisation. The Director General of the Agency may request, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, any additional information that h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…verable in respect of risks transferred to a securitisation vehicle mentioned in Article L. 310-1-2 may be treated as reinsurance cessions for the purposes of calculating the ratio mentioned in the se…

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

Article 1384 B

Locations and local authority groupings with their own tax system may, by deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis, totally or partially exempt, for the portion of pr…

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

Article 1383 J

…ter.II.-Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a resolution passed under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt fro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 G

…liberative bodies of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax system may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-13

The provisions of articles L. 144-11 and L. 144-12 do not apply to leasing transactions relating to goodwill or craft businesses mentioned in 3° of l'article 1er de la loi n° 66-455 du 2 juillet 1966…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-13

Payments are evidenced by a certificate from the depositary drawn up, at the time the funds are deposited, on presentation of a list of shareholders showing the sums paid by each of them.

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