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Showing 591600 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 Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Social protection of practitioners.

Article R6154-26

…decree, to the supplementary social security pension scheme instituted by decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplementary social security pension scheme for non-tenured employees of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1765

If one of the conditions laid down for the application, as the case may be, of articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 or articles L. 221-32-1, L. 221-32-2 and L. 221-32-3 of the Monetary and Fina…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 E

…rticle L. 2333-56 of the General Local Authorities Code and 2 to 9 of II of Article 34 of Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017 ;2° Le produit de l'exploitation de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Crédit Mutuel Agricole et Rural.

Article R512-26

…banks are authorised to form. The Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel mentioned in article L. 511-30 is the central body of this network. By delegation from the Confédération nationale du crédit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-23

…d character or morals or if they have been subject to one of the convictions referred to in Article 21-27 of this code. Convictions handed down abroad may, however, be disregarded; in this case, the d…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special deposits.

Article 177

1. Quantities of products cleared through customs for use in special depots which cannot be presented to the customs department during its inspections and whose delivery to users benefiting from the s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Offences committed by account holders.

Article 1740 C

Unless the first paragraph of Article L. 564-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, failure by an account holder to remit, under the conditions set out in Article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-26

…hment, organisation, health cooperation group or medical biology laboratory mentioned in article R. 2141-25 and which imports or exports gametes from donations for the purposes of medically assisted p…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Students

Article R5221-26

…ationals holding a residence permit or visa for a stay of more than three months, as referred to in 11° of article R. 5221-2 and bearing the word "student", are authorised to work in an employed capac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to the electronic recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions

Article R123-30-13

…tarting from the transmission of the file to the competent authority provided for in Article R. 123-30-11..

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