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Showing 35513560 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Remuneration paid to managers and members of certain companies

Article 62

Salaries, lump-sum reimbursements of expenses and all other remuneration are subject to income tax in the name of their beneficiaries if they are allowed as a deduction from profits subject to corpora…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 6

There can be no derogation, by particular agreements, from laws which concern public order and morality.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Distance and intermediate works required for certain constructions

Article 674

…tances against that wall, Is obliged to leave the distance prescribed by the particular regulations and usages on these objects, or to make the works prescribed by the same regulations and usages, to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624

…reconsideration shall be submitted to the commission for the examination of applications for review and reconsideration, which shall rule on its admissibility. Where the application is manifestly inad…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694

…State through the same channel; 2° Requests for mutual assistance from foreign judicial authorities and intended for the French judicial authorities are transmitted through diplomatic channels. Execut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-7-2

…ions classified as severe for patients with long-term conditions with regard to functional, sensory and cerebral impairments and the level of pain felt, as referred to in article D. 1172-3 1. Locomoto…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-636

…ble to these practitioners is set at : 1° 65 years for those born before 1st July 1951; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-637

…itioners attached to hospitals may benefit from an extension of their activity under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 6152-424 to R. 6152-427.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-6

The chapters of the budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to group 90 "Breakdown of operations", completed by the number of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article R4142-6

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional council is the organising council for elections to the disciplinary chamber of first instance for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corsica inter-region.

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