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Showing 77117720 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-17

…ic activity, by any means that confers a date of receipt, no later than five months after the notification referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 5132-1-13.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1

…) refers to reinsurance under which the reinsurer's maximum potential loss, resulting from a significant transfer of both underwriting risks and payment maturity risks, exceeds, by a significant but l…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2391-14

When the framework agreement executed by the issue of purchase orders provides for a minimum amount of more than 250,000 euros excluding taxes, or 50,000 euros excluding taxes when the holder is a sma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Aa: Correction applied to allowances when the departmental share of property tax on built-up properties is transferred to the communes

Article 1518 quater

…518 A and 1518 A quater is equal to the ratio between: 1° On the one hand, the sum of the products, calculated respectively for the municipality and the department, of the abatement rate by the tax ra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-10

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the procedures for applying this chapter, in particular: 1° The procedures for presenting and the content of the declaration provided for in article L. 5…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…sed motor vehicles, including those for which a driving licence is not required, the suspension and cancellation of driving licences; 4° A ban on carrying out certain activities imposed pursuant to ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-11-1

For the application of article L. 4132-5, the words: "and L. 145-2-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "and sentences handed down by the courts responsible for disputes relating…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-13

The period of validity of the receipt referred to in article R. 431-12 may not be less than one month. It may be renewed.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Electronic money

Article D754-15

Article D. 315-2 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Companies for the development of industry, commerce and agriculture and their adaptation to the European Community

Article 143 quater

…ment with the Minister of the Economy and Finance in accordance with the provisions of l'ordonnance n° 59-248 du 4 février 1959, are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 2 of Article 119 bi…

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