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Showing 49214930 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Administrative penalties

Article R6241-2

For the offences mentioned in 19°, 21° and 22° of Article L. 6241-1, when the offender is not a medical biology laboratory, the procedure provided for in I, II and IV of Article R. 6241-1 is applicabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 202

…acquired and not yet recovered and which have not yet been taxed is established immediately. It is calculated at the last rate used to calculate the advance payment mentioned in 2° of 2 of article 20…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution of the mortgage.

Article 241

…sport Code, which have been registered are subject to mortgages, unless they have been registered because they meet the conditions defined in 3° of article L. 5112-1-3 of the French Transport Code.The…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Dissolution of marriage

Article 227

Marriage is dissolved: 1° By the death of one of the spouses; 2° By legally pronounced divorce.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-25

…er for expenditure and prescribes the execution of revenue for the territorial collectivity of Corsica, subject to the specific provisions of the general tax code relating to the collection of local a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article R2251-2

Municipalities or their groupings may award operating grants to the local structures of representative trade union organisations which have legal personality and which fulfil missions of general inter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-2

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-2

…ollowing table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-2

…e shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23

In companies with between eleven and twenty employees, in the absence of an elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, articles L. 2232-21, L. 2232-22 and L. 2232-22-…

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