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Showing 33213330 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1756

I. - In the event of safeguarding or judicial recovery or liquidation, the costs of proceedings and tax penalties incurred in respect of direct taxes and assimilated taxes, turnover taxes and assimila…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-152

The holder of the authorisation for medicine has at its disposal : 1° Full-time and part-time hospitalisation facilities, adapted to the patient's age and autonomy. By way of derogation, the authorisa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Hospitalisation at home activity

Article R6123-144

I.-The holder of the authorisation bearing the word "rehabilitation" organises the patient care provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 6123-143 either in-house or jointly under an agreement…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2651-1

…ts, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…ts, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 30

Subject to the provisions of article 15-II, the gross income of buildings or parts of buildings which the owner reserves the right to use is made up of the amount of rent that they could produce if th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-3

As part of his powers as head of the criminal investigation department, the public prosecutor may issue general or specific instructions to investigators. He checks the legality of the resources used…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L2192-5

A shared solution, made available by the State and known as the "public invoicing portal", enables invoices to be submitted, received and transmitted in electronic form. To implement the obligations l…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 762

Where representation by a lawyer is not compulsory, the parties shall defend themselves. The parties may be assisted or represented by: -a lawyer; -their spouse, cohabitee or the person with whom they…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Mutual assistance for the purpose of seizing the proceeds of an offence with a view to their subsequent confiscation

Article 694-10

In the absence of an international convention stipulating otherwise, the articles 694-11 to 694-13 shall apply to requests for mutual assistance from the competent foreign authorities for the seizure,…

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