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Showing 6170 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting system.

Article R121-20

The establishment is subject to economic and financial control under the conditions laid down by decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control of national public companies and certain b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-20

Housing allocated by the municipality or the City of Paris and located in the arrondissement is allocated half by the arrondissement mayor and half by the mayor of the municipality or by the mayor of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 207

1. The following are exempt from corporation tax:1° (provisions no longer applicable);1° bis. Professional trade unions, whatever their legal form, and their unions for their activities relating to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable companies and local authorities.

Article 206

…s.1 bis. However, associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901, associations governed by the local law maintained in force in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments, unions governed by a…

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

Article 20

Subject to the provisions of article 20-1, the following are judicial police officers: 1° Members of the national gendarmerie, other than volunteers, who do not have the status of judicial police offi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L3121-20

Departmental councillors have the right to present oral questions relating to departmental affairs at a meeting of the departmental council. The rules of procedure lay down the frequency of such quest…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L4132-20

Regional councillors have the right to present oral questions relating to regional affairs at meetings of the Regional Council. The rules of procedure determine the frequency of such questions and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article LO6221-20

…ouncil has the right, within the scope of his or her office, to be informed of the affairs of the local authority that are the subject of deliberation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article LO6321-20

…ouncil has the right, within the scope of his or her office, to be informed of the affairs of the local authority that are the subject of deliberation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article LO6431-20

…ake available to its elected members, on an individual basis, the necessary computer and telecommunications resources.

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