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Showing 721730 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation of a European holding company.

Article R229-15

…e shall include the following information:1° The name of the promoting company followed, where applicable, by its acronym, the address of its registered office, the amount of its share capital, the in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-15

The sub-committee on employment, vocational guidance and training referred to in 4° of article R. 2272-10 is composed as follows:1° The Minister for Employment or his representative, Chairman ;2° The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-15

…s is equal to or greater than 10,000 inhabitants, the second paragraph of article R. 2313-1 is applicable. For public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation which include at least one municipa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1a: Documents countersigned by lawyers

Article 1546-3

…re they relate to rights that are freely available to them; 3° Agree on the arrangements for communicating their written submissions; 4° Have recourse to a technician under the terms of Articles 1547…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals volunteering in France

Article D426-12

…existence for at least three years and holds the authorisation provided for in article 15 de la loi n° 2006-586 du 23 mai 2006 relative au volontariat associatif et à l'engagement éducatif. Its validi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-12

…rst paragraph of article L. 6333-6 is subject to the financial management and accounting rules applicable to industrial and commercial companies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

…tion, including when they have transferred all or part of this competence to one or more mixed syndicates under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 5711-1 to L. 5721-9 of the General Code of Te…

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

Article D5122-15

I.-For the application of 3° of II of article L. 5122-3, the methods for calculating the indemnity and the allowance are determined according to the following rules: 1° For employees whose working hou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-15

…one or more mixtures, the composition of which is not known to the declarant, the latter shall indicate the trade name and contact details of the supplier of the mixture or mixtures and shall forward…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

I. - The rate applied to the added value mentioned in 1 of II of Article 1586 ter is calculated as follows:a) For companies with a turnover of less than €500,000, the rate is zero;b) For companies wit…

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