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Showing 30813090 of 28917 articles for Art. 1717 · Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 17 December 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 January 2006 · Cass. com. 26 January 1993 · Cass. com. 21 April 1992

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

…ing that he or she is aware of the provisions of the sixth paragraph of this article and of article 114-1. Where the copy has been requested by the lawyers, they may forward a copy to their client, pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the plan execution commissioner

Article A663-17

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 663-17, the fee for registering claims on the list provided for in Article R. 622-15 (number 5 of table 4-2) gives rise to the collection of a fee equal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-17

…the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of Articles L. 1235-11 to L. 1235-14.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-6

The publishing contract guarantees the author fair and equitable remuneration on all revenue from the marketing and distribution of a book published in digital form. In the case of single sales, the a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Special methods of collecting duties

Article 1723 ter

…ticle 658, shall be recovered either in accordance with the procedures laid down when the loi n° 69-1168 du 26 décembre 1969, soit par voie d'apposition de timbre ou sur état, dans des conditions fixé…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…s to be performed in response to the risk of material misstatement relating to accounting estimates 11. In response to its assessment of the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-17

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-17

I. - For the application of Article D. 5217-16 :a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Transmission of documents

Article D6323-21-2

Articles R. 6332-30 to R. 6332-32 are applicable to the regional joint inter-professional committees. The documents provided for in articles R. 6332-30 and R. 6332-31 are also sent to the Regional Pre…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-21-1

For all life insurance policies with a surrender or transfer value and for all capitalisation policies, the surrender or transfer value, where applicable, is equal to the difference between the curren…

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