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Showing 411420 of 43900 articles for Art. 1216 · Cass. com. 28 June 2017 · Cass. com. 24 June 1997 · Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-28

…s provided for the application of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-28

…l send by any means to the local management body mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 4163-15 a copy of the amendment to the employment contract as well as the information required for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Elections to the boards of the various councils

Article R4125-28

At the first meeting following the renewal by half and under the chairmanship of the oldest member, the Board concerned, meeting in plenary session, shall elect its Chairman and the other members of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Appointment of a representative in France

Article 289 A

…ument relating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-28

The sentence enforcement committee sitting in each prison includes the members mentioned in article 712-4-1. The sentence enforcement judge may, with the agreement of the head of the establishment, ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Taxation of partnerships, joint ventures, public interest groups, limited liability companies, limited liability farms and professional non-trading companies. Option for capital companies

Article 239

1. The companies and groupings mentioned in 3 of article 206 may opt, under conditions which are set by ministerial order, for the system applicable to capital companies. In this case, the income tax…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2425

…t to restitution, relating to mortgage claims.Agreements that must be published pursuant to article 2416 shall be published in the same form.The deeds and court decisions recording these various agree…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2441

…istrator may, in the same cases, where a registration has been made on his immovables under Article 2398, apply to the guardianship judge to reduce it, either as regards the encumbered immovables or a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L213-28

Any distributor who, in his capacity as assignee or agent, has exploitation rights for the marketing of a feature-length cinematographic work eligible for financial support for production from the Cen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-28

…anaged by producers or their eco-organisation as part of the system provided for in article R. 4211-24 is deducted from the quantity for which they pay a contribution in application of 1° of article L…

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