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Showing 34613470 of 27495 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 25-9-2013 n° 12-21.280

French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-94-2

To implement the right to leave of absence for activities in the military operational reserve or the national police operational reserve mentioned in article L. 3142-89, the employment contract, an ag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Definition of taxable profits

Article 92 B

The items of income covered by this VI which have been waived under the conditions and within the limits mentioned in 9° of 1 of article 39 do not constitute taxable income for the person who has waiv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-9

I.-The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 519-4 and their agents referred to in 4° of the same I as well as the agents of the banking intermediaries r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910-1

Donations granted directly or indirectly to religious associations within the meaning of articles 18 and 19 of the Law of 9 December 1905 on the separation of the Churches and the State, to congregati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9

The obligation to provide the information referred to in Article L. 132-9-1 is validly fulfilled if the contract, or the notice in the case of contracts referred to in Article L. 141-1, contains the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions for external radiotherapy and brachytherapy

Article R6123-93

The holder of the authorisation for cancer treatment by external radiotherapy or brachytherapy ensures on the same site : 1° Preparing patients for treatment by radiotherapy or brachytherapy, includin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-9

Failure by the directors of the management company of a société civile de placement immobilier to comply with the provisions of articles L. 214-114 and L. 214-96 is punishable by five years' imprisonm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care

Article R3223-9

When the committee, in application of article L. 3212-9, requires the psychiatric care measure to be lifted, it notifies the director of the establishment by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R313-9

This sheet referred to in article L. 313-10 in particular specifies: 1° The definition and description of the types of cover offered under the insurance to the borrower; 2° Where applicable, the chara…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific rules for calculating sums held in the automatic account for promotion abroad in 2022

Article 919-109

For the year 2022, by way of derogation from the second paragraph of article 721-12, the amount of the sums calculated for foreign sales companies in respect of commercial representation in cinemas is…

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