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Showing 571580 of 29388 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-18 du 13 Feb 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-18

…ts necessary for the preparation of invoices, receipts and accounting documents required for the production of receipts and the recovery of sums due as well as the collection and recovery of taxes and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The rights of spouses and matrimonial property regimes.

Article 1293

…fter the extract of the application has been entered in the civil register mentioned in l'article 4 du décret n° 65-422 du 1er juin 1965 portant création d'un service central d'état civil au ministère…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-18

…ate shall specify in particular:1° The nature of the operations to which the mandate relates;2° The duration of the mandate and the conditions of its possible termination;3° The powers of the mandatin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1845-1

The capital is divided into equal shares. The provisions of chapitre Ier du titre III du livre II du code de commerce relatives au capital variable des sociétés sont applicables aux sociétés civiles.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1825 A

…inapplicable movement permit becomes subject to the professional distillers' regime for the entire duration of the current and following campaigns. As a result, the quantities of spirits in his posse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article R4221-18

A pharmacist whose right to practise is suspended pursuant to article L. 4221-18 may be assisted by one or more persons of his choice when he is heard by the administrative authority that imposed the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions relating to associated communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitants and delegated communes

Article R2113-18

The provisions of articles R. 2511-17 and R. 2511-18 relating to the participation of associations in municipal life are applicable to communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitan…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-18 to L. 224-23 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-18

…med to be a creditor, within the meaning of Articles L. 111-2 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, for the compulsory enforcement of the judgment rendered on the basis of Article 71 or Article…

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