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Showing 961970 of 60102 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-1-2023 n° 21-13.966 FS-B

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-21

The consultative commission provided for in article L. 2113-23, as it stood prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, meets in the town hall annex.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Trainee foreign nationals

Article R426-21

In the event of an extension to the duration of the training period provided for in 2° or 3° of article R. 426-16, an amendment to the training agreement is sent to the prefect using a teleservice, wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment services providers

Article D775-21

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210 D

The capital gains that may arise from a transaction referred to in article 48 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production are taxable in the name of the socié…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Embryo storage

Article R2151-21

When suspending or withdrawing an authorisation to store embryos, the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine organises the transfer of these embryos to another organisation authorised to sto…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-210

The substantial difference within the meaning of article R. 212-90-1 and 3° of article R. 212-93, likely to exist between the declarant's professional qualification and the professional qualification…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Aptitude test

Article A212-211

The aptitude test to which the Prefect may decide to subject the applicant, in whole or in part, under the conditions set out in article R. 212-90-1 and in 3° of article R. 212-93, is to verify the ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L4132-21

After the election of its standing committee, under the conditions set out in article L. 4133-5, the Regional Council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bod…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-21

The "brevet professionnel" (vocational certificate) is awarded for the "activity leader" speciality or the "sports educator" speciality and a subject, multi-discipline or field-related speciality. In…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-39

The maximum amount of support is €21,000, including a maximum of €9,000 for the author.

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