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Showing 6170 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-8

The platform manager shall issue any applicant with a statement of the pledged goods and the related storage receipts or indicate the absence of a pledge on the goods..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R5125-24-8

…the president of the competent Conseil de l'ordre to regularise its situation within the period indicated in the formal notice. If, on expiry of this period, the company has not regularised its situat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R6341-24-8

The following are revalued on 1st April each year by application of the coefficient mentioned inarticle L. 161-25 of the Social Security Code : 1° The amounts paid as remuneration for the training per…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…mmitments granted by a credit institution or finance company authorised in France under: 1° Article 1799-1 of the Civil Code, Article 1 of Law no. 71-584 of 16 July 1971, as amended, designed to regul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 N

The provisions of articles 879 to 881 M are applicable to formalities concerning buildings located in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 266

…names of persons who, during the year, have complied with the requisitions prescribed by l'article 267.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…iness or transactions subject to another tax):1° to 3° (Repealed);4° commodity futures transactions carried out on a regulated market excluding those which determine the termination of the commodity c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-24

At the close of the financial year, the Prefect of Police presents an administrative account to the Paris Council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article R2512-24

The main budget comprises a budget for the Commune of Paris and a special budget for the Police Prefecture. Each of these budgets is made up of an operating section and an investment section. These tw…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 266

…g subsidies directly linked to the price of these transactions;a bis. Without prejudice to the application of a, the taxable amount of the supply of goods or services carried out in connection with a…

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