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Showing 651660 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating conditions

Article A212-228

…there is no substantial difference, or if a substantial difference has been identified and the applicant has passed the aptitude test, the Prefect will issue the applicant with a certificate of freedo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article R1446-22

…e plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1446-8, including : a) No more than two members from the college mentioned in 1° of the same article ; b)…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Overall capital gains or losses

Article 223 D

The overall net long-term capital gain or loss is determined by the parent company by making the algebraic sum of the net long-term capital gains or losses of each of the companies in the group, deter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22

…the payment order is given by the payer, his payment service provider shall, subject to Article L. 133-5, the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 133-21 and Article L. 133-24, be liable to the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221 bis

…e subject to corporation tax at the standard rate, profits subject to deferred taxation, unrealised capital gains included in the company's assets and profits not yet taxed on stocks are not subject t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-22

Within ten days of the last of the publications provided for in articles L. 141-12 and L. 141-13, any unregistered creditor of the transferring shareholder shall notify the registry of the commercial…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-22

…ber of the Board or the agent of the Agency appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11 may attend the hearing and submit observations. Where appropriate, the member of the Board may…

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

Article LO6221-22

…Council as well as a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters submitted to them. Where applicable, the President also sends the territorial councillors the opinion issued by the Economic, Soci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Municipal associations (R).

Article R2113-22

The provisions of articles R. 2511-17 and R. 2511-18 relating to the participation of associations in municipal life are applicable to municipalities resulting from a merger with fewer than 100,000 in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-22

In cases other than those provided for in articles R. 131-20, R. 131-21 and R. 131-21-1, the incident is regularised when, at the request of the drawer, a blocked provision earmarked for the actual pa…

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