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Showing 581590 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 General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210

…not apply to mergers or contributions referred to in 1 and 2° of 2 which were carried out before 1 January 1950, provided that they have received the approval of the Ministry of Finance after advice…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-21

I.-Natural persons guilty of the offence referred to in article L. 1126-20 shall also be liable to the following penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Minutes

Article D2315-26

…day period, before that meeting. In the context of the consultation provided for in article L. 1233-30, the minutes are drawn up and sent to the employer by the committee secretary within three days o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1794

…declarations and accompanying documents for wine products, as provided for in Articles 8 to 10 and 21 to 33 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 22 to 24…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Premises

Article L2315-26

…y invite outside personalities, trade unions or others, under the conditions set out in articles L. 2142-10 and L. 2142-11. These meetings take place outside the participants' working time. However, m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-26

…412-11. These renewals are made without prejudice to an adjustment o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 211

…nse reimbursements and any other remuneration are, subject to the provisions of 3 of Article 39 and 211 bis, allowed as a deduction from the company's profit for tax purposes, provided that such remun…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1772

The lessee may be charged for fortuitous events by express stipulation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-26

The court is not obliged to refer a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-21

…port and entertainment" professional advisory committee under the conditions set out in article R. 6113-21 of the Labour Code:- either by an order of the minister responsible for sport ;- or by an ord…

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