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Showing 591600 of 26472 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 9 July 2013 – no. 12-20.468

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating principally to the assets and property of the business

Article A444-125

…7) Designation of service Fee 105 Drawing up the deed and filing as provided for in article L. 526-9 113.20 € 106 Renunciation of the assignment provided for in article 526-15 113.20 € 107 Deed invol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-12

…imals to be tested and their products are destroyed in an establishment mentioned in article L. 226-9. An order by the Minister for Agriculture specifies the content of the declaration and the deadlin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 954

A fee of €12 is charged for each foreign passport visa, the validity of which may not exceed one year, if the visa is valid for the outward and return journey, and €6 if it is valid only for the outwa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Guarantor guarantee

Article D752-12

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 313-26no. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 313-27No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 313-28 and D. 313-29no.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-12

…application for an advertising approval for a medicinal product, as provided for in Article L. 5122-9, is made for any form of information, as defined by Article L. 5122-1, communicated to healthcare…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-12

The provisions of articles L. 4112-3 to L. 4112-6, L. 4113-5, L. 4113-9 to L. 4113-14, L. 4122-1-1, L. 4122-1-2, L. 4122-2-1, L. 4122-2-2, L. 4122-3, L. 4123-2, L. 4124-1 to L. 4124-3 and L. 4124-5, L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12

…y judge may only rule after having obtained the opinion of the college mentioned in article L. 3211-9 of the present code when the person is the subject of a care measure ordered in application of art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-12

The territorial authority or public establishment that has entered into a contract provided for in article L. 1414-1 benefits from the VAT compensation fund on the portion of the remuneration paid to…

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

Article L822-12

…rsons performing the duties of statutory auditor mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 822-9 may not be appointed as officers, directors, members of the supervisory board or hold a management…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-12

…r in the written press or by any means of audiovisual communication under the conditions set out in 9° of article 131-39 of the same code; 3° Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be…

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