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Showing 20512060 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-11

The application for authorisation must be accompanied, where appropriate, by a copy of the documents representing authorisation or approval issued by the competent authorities of the State in which th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115 A

I. The sums not distributed by an open-ended investment company on the date of its absorption, carried out in accordance with the regulations in force, by a mutual fund are taxed when they are distrib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-112

…1123-30 ; however, where the implementation of the research is of an urgent nature, this document may be replaced by a letter from the applicant justifying the need to import the medicinal products…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Sources of obligations

Article 1100-2

…hich the law attaches legal effects.Obligations arising from a legal fact are governed, as the case may be, by the subtitle relating to extra-contractual liability or the subtitle relating to other so…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15-1

A finance company's authorisation may be withdrawn by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution at the company's request.It may also be decided ex officio by the Autorité in the following c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A sexies

…or determining the rental value of an industrial building or land pursuant to articles 1499-00 A or 1500, the resulting change in rental value is subject to a reduction under the conditions set out in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-151

…of the members and the method and time of payment. The distribution provided for in article R. 322-150 can only be decided on the basis of the life certificates of the surviving members or the death…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-11

…he law or the Articles of Association, plus any retained earnings. In addition, the General Meeting may decide to distribute sums deducted from the reserves available to it. In this case, the decision…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-115

Services relating to joint ownership or easements (numbers 92 and 93 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of:1° In the event of the creation, amending agreement or transfer of joint ownership or e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Term and end of office

Article L2316-11

…ns of Article L. 2316-10, a branch agreement, a group agreement or a company agreement, as the case may be, may set the term of office of the employee representatives on the central company social and…

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