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Showing 571580 of 20457 articles for Art. n° 15-21.478 + Cass. 3e civ.

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156 bis

I. - The benefit of the provisions of Article 156 specific to buildings classified or registered as historic monuments, or having received the label issued by the Fondation du patrimoine pursuant to a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-15

I. - In addition to the representative of the State in the region who chairs it, the Supervisory Board comprises the following members who have the right to vote:1° Three representatives of the State:…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Sale or provision of "snowball" services

Article L121-15

The following are prohibited: 1° The sale practised by the so-called "snowball" process or any other similar processes consisting in particular of offering goods to the public with the expectation tha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

During the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order by reasoned decision the seizure, at t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-15

Only the following personal data and information may be recorded in the processing provided for in article R. 332-14 the following personal data and information: 1° Identification data: surname; first…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1a: Documents countersigned by lawyers

Article 1546-3

A deed of procedure countersigned by a lawyer is drawn up jointly by the lawyers of the parties to a dispute which may or may not have given rise to referral to a court, outside or as part of a partic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 bis

In the interval between two updates provided for by article 1518, property rental values, with the exception of those of properties assessed under the conditions provided for in article 1498, are incr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-15

In the absence of a written request from the owner of a registered design or the beneficiary of an exclusive exploitation right and outside the cases provided for by the Community regulations in force…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-15

I.-Health and social action inspectors, public health medical inspectors, public health pharmacist inspectors, health engineers, health study engineers, health technicians, as well as inspectors and i…

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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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