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Showing 12911300 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-20

…commission for actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing, the departmental council and the family allo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-32

…ticle R. 742-28 or, where applicable, a reference to the judgment issued pursuant to article R. 742-31 alongside the copy of the summons published at the land registry office, the liquidator shall app…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Corsica - Temporary scheme

Article 750 bis A

…roperty meeting the conditions set out in II of Article 750, established between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, are exempt from the 2.50% tax on the value of buildings located in Corsica. These…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee information.

Article L3332-7-1

…g the choice of allocation of their savings, as well as the amount of their securities estimated at 31 December of the previous year. A decree determines the information that must be included in this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-32

…or more members, acting either individually or under the conditions provided for in Article R. 223-31, the court may only rule if the company has been duly challenged through its legal representative…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The exchange of information between the competent authorities of different Member States pursuant to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019

Article R49-40

…the provisions of Articles 694-14 to 695-9-57, the departments and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 transmit information obtained from the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 of the Monetary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article R814-21

…rs of the guarantee fund on the basis of the amount of funds not distributed by the professional at 31 December of the previous year for the guarantee concerning the representation of funds and on tha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Transmission of documents

Article R6332-32

…ty of the items appearing on the statistical and financial statement referred to in Article R. 6332-31.

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

Article 217 duodecies

…ed in the first paragraph, this article is applicable to new investments brought into service until 31 December 2021, to renovation and refurbishment work on hotels, tourist residences and classified…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-1

The special employee profit-sharing reserve is set up as follows: 1° The sums allocated to this special reserve are, after closure of the accounts for the financial year, calculated on the profit made…

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