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Showing 19711980 of 44723 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 8-3-1988 n° 86-11.144

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849-21

Substitution in the rights of the defaulting claimant shall be made by way of incidental application. Where the court grants a request for substitution of a defaulting claimant, it shall rule, upon re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-8

If a member of the National Council ceases to hold office for any reason whatsoever before the expiry of his normal term of office, he shall be replaced within three months by the first non-elected ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 ter

a Indemnities, reimbursements and lump-sum expense allowances paid to company directors are, regardless of their purpose, subject to income tax. b These provisions apply: 1° In sociétés anonymes : to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 802-2

Any person who has been the subject of a search or domiciliary visit pursuant to the provisions of this Code and who has not been prosecuted before an investigating or trial court at the earliest six…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article L212-8

For the purposes of assessing the thresholds mentioned in article L. 212-7, cinemas that are grouped together on the same site and which ... are considered to be part of the same cinema, whether or no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-8

I. - The head office of any payment institution must be located in the same national territory as its registered office.II. - Any payment institution authorised in France carries out at least part of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reinsurance.

Article R322-82

Reinsured companies may only be members of the company to which they are reinsured, in the same capacity as other members, if they are expressly authorised to do so by the Articles of Association of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-8

The financial assistance is paid to the integration enterprise for each full-time position occupied. Where appropriate, the amount of aid is reduced in proportion to the number of jobs filled. Its bas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Self-dialysis units.

Article D6124-82

The premises in which the simple self-dialysis unit or the assisted self-dialysis unit is installed may be shared by these units, a medical dialysis unit or a haemodialysis centre. In this case, the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-8

In order to allocate the seats of the special negotiating body between the colleges in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 2352-5, the workforce to be taken into accoun…

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