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Showing 781790 of 45430 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15-3-2011 n° 10-14.886

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-15

The sponsor provides clinical trial investigators with : 1° The title and objective of the trial requested; 2° The pharmaceutical form, batch number(s) and expiry date of the investigational medicinal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VB

I. - The purchase price is the price actually paid by the seller, as stipulated in the deed, it being specified that this price includes the existing property and the works in the case of a purchase m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-10

The application for authorisation to import a proprietary veterinary medicinal product in parallel is accompanied by a dossier comprising :1° For each presentation, a sample of the proprietary medicin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-15

The universal employment-service voucher is : 1° Either redeemable at the establishments, institutions and services mentioned in article L. 1271-9; 2° Or reimbursable by the authorised bodies and esta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R132-15

The registration ceases to have effect if it has not been renewed, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article R. 132-10, before the expiry of the five-year period running from the date of reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section unique : Le conseil des sites de Corse

Article R4421-15

The provisions of articles R. 4421-10 to R. 4421-14, insofar as they govern the operation of the Corsican Sites Council sitting in a formation known as "heritage and architecture", are applicable to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-10

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall be responsible for implementing the national tattoo product vigilance system. It defines the guidelines, leads and coordin…

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

Article 1518 B

As from 1 January 1980, the rental value of tangible fixed assets acquired as a result of contributions, demergers, mergers of companies or transfers of establishments carried out as from 1 January 19…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-154

As an exception to Article 706-153, the judicial police officer may be authorised, by any means, by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge to seize, at the advanced expense of the Treasur…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices in classified resorts.

Article R134-15

Each municipality is represented on the management committee of the intermunicipal office.

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