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Showing 54915500 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 485-1

…entence with regard to the provisions of articles 132-1 and 132-20 of the Penal Code, except in the case of a mandatory sentence or confiscation of the proceeds or object of the offence. The specific…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article L244-1

…penalties provided for the chairman, directors or managing directors of sociétés anonymes are applicable to the chairman and managing directors of sociétés par actions simplifiées. The articles L. 24…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approved funds.

Article R214-191

By way of derogation from the 50% limit mentioned in I of article R. 214-190, a general-purpose professional fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in the financial instruments mentioned in 1° to 6°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 ter

…for the following year, by the board of directors of the public establishment, subject to the application of the provisions set out in the second paragraph of article 1607 bis, under the same conditi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXI: Conservatory measures

Article 706-166

In the case of an investigation opened for one of the offences, punishable by three years' imprisonment or more, listed in the tittre Ier du livre III du code pénal, le juge des libertés et de la déte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14-1

I.-When the request for funding is submitted by the employee referred to in article R. 6323-11-1, the regional inter-professional joint committee may decide to fund the project even when the associate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Avoidance of conflicts of interest

Article R7123-17-1

…ncurred, and will invite him/her to submit his/her observations within a period of one month. Notification is made by registered letter sent to the person concerned with a request for acknowledgement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article D6153-10-1

…is assigned, an allowance representing all or part of these benefits, as appropriate; 2° Where applicable, allowances linked to on-call duty in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-18-1

…radually resume his duties if his state of health improves, after a favourable opinion from the medical committee, under the following conditions:1° An intern may be authorised to work part-time on a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article R313-17

…legal person, who is an appraisal expert with no ties to the lender, whether subordinate, family or capital, and who has no personal economic interest in the appraised property; 2° Or an internal appr…

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