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Showing 37613770 of 4475 articles for Art. CA Paris – 22 Sept. 1999

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

…itions laid down in articles 16-1 A or 20-1 of this code; 1° quater Controllers under the status of Parisian administrations carrying out their duties in the public thoroughfare speciality and Paris s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Industries dealing with perishable materials or having to respond to an extraordinary increase in workload

Article R3132-1

Establishments in the industries listed in the following table, which allocate the weekly rest period to all employees on the same day, benefit from the suspension of the weekly rest period provided f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-1

…performance is inserted in the management report provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100, when the balance sheet total or turnover and the number of employees exceed thresholds set…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-1

…vehicles: Any damage suffered by : a) River vehicles ; b) Lake vehicles ; c) Sea vehicles. 7. Goods carried (including merchandise, luggage and any other property): Any damage suffered by the goods tr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R744-13

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-1

…rty's observations or after expiry of the period provided for in 6° of article R. 241-16, the notification of grievances is sent to the interested party by registered letter with acknowledgement of re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69

…xcluding tax.III. If the limit mentioned in b of II is exceeded, the interested parties are automatically subject to the normal actual taxation system from the first financial year following the three…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-19

…he limits laid down in I of article 1417 of the General Tax Code. The sum of the premiums and their capitalised interest is paid by the State at the end of the seventh calendar year, starting from the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-14

I.-The traveller may cancel the contract at any time before the start of the trip or holiday. In this case, the vendor may require the traveller to pay appropriate and justifiable cancellation costs.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for printed banknotes

Article D212-75

…reening. Each ticket issued for immediate entry sales is entered, depending on the cinema and price category concerned, in a specific series called the "cinema series", which lists all the admission r…

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