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Showing 531540 of 33529 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18-5-2017 n° 15-28.683

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-18

Applicant establishments or organisations must have : 1° Premises fitted out, arranged and maintained in accordance with the rules of good practice referred to in Article L. 5121-5 and, where applicab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Permanent rules

Article 1511

I.-Where the assessment rates referred to in article 1510 have not been set by the departmental commission provided for in article 1651, the mayor, duly authorised by the municipal council, is entitle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

I. - A royalty is levied, for the benefit of the communes, on each net tonne of the conceded product extracted by mine concessionaires, amodiataires and sous-amodiataires of mining concessions, by hol…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Rules specific to the 1970-1974 five-yearly review

Article 1515

I. - For the second five-yearly review of undeveloped properties the rental values are obtained by applying adjustment coefficients to the rental value of the properties, as it results from the previo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-18-1

A decision is taken on the application for registration referred to in Articles R. 512-15 and R. 512-17 within six months of its submission. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notifi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-18

The court shall give notice of the deadlines and remissions accepted by the creditors under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 626-5 and in Article L. 626-6. These deadl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1521

I. - The tax applies to all properties subject to property tax on built properties or which are temporarily exempt from such tax, as well as to the housing of civil servants or civilian and military e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing Director.

Article R1413-18

The Director General is assisted by at least one Deputy Director General who replaces him/her in the event of vacancy, absence or impediment. When the Agency has one or more pharmaceutical establishme…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

I.-The supervisory board and the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 612-8-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may refer the situation of a person mentioned in Article L. 311-1 to the r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-18

A provision is set aside in the accounts of the policyholders' guarantee fund to record the contributions paid by member companies, the financial income generated by these contributions, and all other…

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