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Showing 19411950 of 5602 articles for Art. 17 December 2008

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 848

…e modernisation of justice for the 21st century: 1° The action initiated on the basis of the loi n° 2008-496 du 27 mai 2008 portant diverses dispositions d'adaptation au droit communautaire dans le do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and composition

Article R7124-4

…into account in particular their representativeness in French Guyana, within the meaning of loi n° 2008-789 du 20 août 2008 portant rénovation de la démocratie sociale et réforme du temps de travail.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditations.

Article R4724-1

…ditation Committee or by any other accreditation body designated pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…ed for use in industrial automation applications, acquired or created between 1 October 2013 and 31 December 2016, may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Cooperation with the Commission de Régulation de l'Energie and the bodies responsible for physical agricultural markets

Article L621-21-1

…nditions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013. They shall provide each other with information relevant to the performance of thei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Transfers of personnel and property for the installation of departmental fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1425-1

…L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 and L. 1424-16 and transfers of property, as provided for in Article L. 1424-17, may be the subject of a single agreement. This agreement or, failing this, separate agreements m…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XII: Action to combat discrimination.

Article 1263-1

…r articles of association, to combat discrimination may bring legal actions arising from the loi n° 2008-496 du 27 mai 2008 on behalf of the victim of discrimination. The association must prove that i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L1134-1

…e suggesting the existence of direct or indirect discrimination, as defined in Article 1 of Law no. 2008-496 of 27 May 2008 containing various provisions for adapting to Community law in the field of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

…prise, an intermediate-sized enterprise or a large enterprise, as defined inarticle 3 of decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which an enterprise be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-14

…s a large company or an intermediate-sized company, within the meaning of the article 51 of Law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on the modernisation of the economy, the statutory auditor shall send its…

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