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Showing 43414350 of 24300 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 26-10-2011 n° 10-24.214 F-PBI

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial dealings with foreign countries

Article L733-8

Article L. 165-1 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Act No. 2011-1978 of 28 December 2011.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial relations with foreign countries

Article L732-8

Article L. 165-1 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Act No. 2011-1978 of 28 December 2011.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Housing savings plan

Article R742-16

Article R. 221-108 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Decree no. 2011-209 of 25 February 2011.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Housing savings plan

Article R743-16

Article R. 221-108 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2011-209 of 25 February 2011.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-51

For the "Creative Infrastructure" group, a maximum of 31 points are allocated as follows: 1° At least 50% of the costs relating to storyboarding and/or the creation of sets and animation and/or 3D pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-23

I. - Pharmacy dispensaries and pharmacies for internal use collect, free of charge, unused medicines brought to them by private individuals, in their packaging if applicable. II. - The destruction of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17

The articles L. 2511-9, L. 2511-10-1 à L. 2511-13, L. 2511-15 et L. 2511-17to L. 2511-23, the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2511-25, les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities

Article A210-1

To issue the opinion referred to in III of Article R. 210-21, the independent third-party body shall perform the following procedures: 1° It shall examine all documents held by the company that are re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative and tax formalities

Article A444-172-1

…x 4-7) Designation of service Fee 220 Certificat de mesurage en application l' article 46 de la loi n° 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 fixant le statut de la copropriété des immeubles bâtis 15.09 € 221 Each…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on the costs of chambers of commerce and industry

Article 1600

I.-The tax for chamber expenses is made up of two contributions: an additional tax on the business property tax (cotisation foncière des entreprises) and an additional tax on the business value added…

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