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Showing 281290 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-95-1

To take account of geographical distance or professional or medical constraints, the chairman of the panel called upon to reach a decision may decide, with the agreement of the person subject to the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article R123-95-1

…y document included in the list of supporting documents set by the order provided for in Article R. 123-166, to be provided within fifteen days of this claim. Upon receipt of this document and after v…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…of inter-municipal cooperation subject to the provisions of this article for the first time from 2012, the compensation is calculated using the weighted average rate of the communes that are members…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8° bis: Health establishments covered by Article L. 6112-3 of the Public Health Code

Article 1043-0 A

…sfers of property, rights and obligations between health establishments referred to in article L. 6112-3 of the Public Health Code are exempt from payment of the contribution provided for in article 8…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article D225-104-2

The employee headcount threshold provided for in 4° of Article L. 225-115 is assessed on the closing date of the last financial year.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article L72-104-1

The President of the Executive Council of Martinique shall keep accounts of expenditure commitments in accordance with the conditions laid down by joint order of the Minister of the Interior and the M…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article L72-104-2

The accounting officer of the collectivity is solely responsible for carrying out, subject to the controls incumbent upon him, the collection of revenue as well as the payment of the expenditure of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article R2333-104-1

I.-Local authorities or territorially competent public bodies may request that the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 et L. 752-4 du code de la sécurité sociale or article L. 723-3 of the Rural and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-3

Reversals of overpayments made during the financial year in which the payment was made may be credited back to the article which originally bore the expenditure..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-6

Each mandate states the local authority, budget, financial year and charge to which the expenditure applies.

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