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Showing 191200 of 487 articles for Art. 56

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

…articles 54 and 55 of law no. 46-2389 of 28 October 1946, amended by articles 10 and 11 of law no. 56-589 of 18 June 1956 and article 1 of decree no. 73-974 of 12 October 1973, are drawn up in duplic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-62

…steps to carry out this transfer; 3° To implement the measures referred to in II of Article L. 613-56-2 and in Articles L. 613-56-4 and L. 613-56-5 with regard to the rights of any party to a contrac…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-7

…ts of the defence are respected in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Article 58 of this Code is applicable. When the home visit is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3121-64

…employees who may enter into an individual lump-sum agreement, in compliance with articles L. 3121-56 and L. 3121-58 ; 2° The reference period for the package, which may be the calendar year or any o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R64

…icial Proceedings (REDEX), in its capacity as manager of said file, in accordance with articles 706-56-2 and R. 53-21-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Under no circumstances is the number allocate…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure operations

Article R522-6

…R. 221-49 to R. 221-56.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hear…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article Annexe R344-7

…tion 16 64-66 Financial and insurance activities 17 69-75 Scientific and technical activities 18 55-56 Accommodation and food 68 Real estate activities 77-82 Administrative and support service activit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-12

…ts of the defence are respected in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Article 58 of this Code is applicable. When the home visit is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article L5122-3

…who have concluded an individual package agreement in hours, within the meaning of articles L. 3121-56 and L. 3121-57, including overtime, and for employees whose working time is longer than the legal…

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