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Showing 26812690 of 52912 articles for Art. CA Versailles 13 January 2000 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · CA Poitiers 26 November 1986 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-13

…f voters. At the close of the ballot, the secretary of the committee provided for in Article L. 723-13 shall write "postal vote" opposite the name of each voter on the voters' list. The chairman of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-130

Leasing (number 114 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee proportional to the amount of the investment, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 2.580% F…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-138

The services relating to the rechargeable mortgage (numbers 125 to 127 of Table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° With regard to the agreement to recharge a mortgage, according t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-135

…ise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the gross assets, according to the following scale:Tranches of assessment Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 3.870% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.596% From €1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-139

…mber 128 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 2.128% From €6,500 to €17,000 0.878% From €17,000 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-13

…the replacement of furniture and equipment; - expenditure on day-to-day operations and, where applicable, property rental; - expenditure on administrative, service and nursing staff, with the excepti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-131

…ion of an emolument proportional to the residual value of the property, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 3.870% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.596% From €17,000 to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for visiting a foreign national's home

Article L733-13

The detailed rules for the application of articles L. 733-6 to L. 733-12 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Hearings

Article L532-13

…onditions laid down in this article being met, the president of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile may provide for the court hearing room to be linked, live, by a means of audiovisual communication t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-13

…sociation councils are elected in a single-round majority binominal ballot. Each pair is made up of candidates of different genders. If the Council of the Order has an uneven number of members, the me…

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