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Showing 731740 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 752-4)

Article Annexe 7-9

TABLE SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES R. 752-16 AND R. 752-38 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODEYou can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-7 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-6)

Article Annexe 8-7

…accounting, management accounting and management control A.-.Financial accounting:The articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-28 and R. 123-172 to R. 123-208 of the French Commercial Code. Accounting principles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 754

…tence enforcement judge to issue a judicial restraint order under the conditions set out in Article 712-6. To this end, this magistrate may issue the warrants provided for in article 712-17. The decis…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-7

…ean Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC, as well as cableway installations used to service mountain refuges referred to in Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 770

…record of a decision concerning a minor may be decided under the conditions set out in Article L. 631-4 of the juvenile criminal justice code. The removal from the criminal record of a conviction for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 784

…ets of the taxable assets. For the calculation of the allowances and reductions enacted by articles 779,790 B, 790 D, 790 E and 790 F the allowances and reductions made on previous gifts referred to i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article 799

…d. He forwards these documents with his opinion to the public prosecutor. The provisions of Article 788, with the exception of those of the second and fourth paragraphs, and the provisions of articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-73

The representatives of Metropolitan Lyon are elected under the same conditions as the representatives of the département in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1424-24-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-75

…pal councils by all firefighters in service in the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan area; 3° The Chief Medical Officer of the Health Sub-Directorate, the Gender and Anti-Discrimination Offic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-74

…e articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in articles L. 1424-26 and L. 1424-76.The maximum allowances voted by the board of directors of the fire and rescue service for the act…

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