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Showing 75417550 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

Transactions carried out by undertakings subject to State supervision by virtue of Article L. 310-1 or 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 and by the supplementary occupational pension funds referred to i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…e adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-20

Work authorisation is granted when the application meets the following conditions: 1° With regard to the proposed job: a) Either this job comes under the list of short-staffed occupations provided for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 10

…ted must be written in French or translated by a sworn translator at a court of appeal\n\t\t\tTitle category of stay\n\t\t\tLabel \n\t\t\tAPS: temporary residence permit \n\t\t\tCST: temporary residen…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: Control of securities

Article 67 quater

As from the date of entry into force of the Convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, customs officers vested with the duties of head of post or officials designated by them holding the grade of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies E

…italisation zone and who intends to rent it out, the proceeds of which are taxed in the land income category, benefits from an income tax reduction. The fact that a minority of the rent is indexed to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…formation:1° The identity of the supplier, the address of its registered office, its unique identification number and the words RCS followed by the name of the town where the registry where it is regi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L356-1

…prior approval of the group controller. The undertaking exercising centralised coordination in the case referred to in b shall be regarded as the parent undertaking and the other undertakings as subs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-9

…the corporate governance report referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37, where applicable, for each corporate officer, including corporate officers whose term of office has ended and t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

…to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his or her supervision in order to analyse the identification of t…

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