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Showing 27712780 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Place of taxation

Article 10

…assessed at the place of that residence. If the taxpayer has several residences in France, he is liable for tax at the place where he is deemed to have his main establishment. Individuals carrying out…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Electoral procedure.

Article 1005

Where a pleading is produced by the plaintiff, the latter must, on pain of inadmissibility pronounced ex officio, notify, within one month of the declaration, a copy to the defendant by registered let…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1071

…oncile the parties. If a dispute is referred to him, he may propose a mediation measure and, after obtaining the agreement of the parties, appoint a family mediator to carry it out. The decision requi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-10-1

…e parallel import application concerns a proprietary veterinary medicinal product which has already been the subject of a parallel import authorisation, and the proprietary veterinary medicinal produc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rural development

Article 1021

Decisions, reports, extracts, copies, grosses ou expéditions relating to procedural acts to which the application of articles L. 152-7 to L. 152-10 and L. 152-13 of the Code rural et de la pêche marit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R2194-10

In the cases provided for in articles R. 2194-2 and R. 2194-5, where the contract has been awarded in accordance with a formalised procedure, the purchaser shall publish a modification notice. This no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-108

…employer who intends to carry out work in the vicinity of electrical lines or installations shall obtain information from the operator, whether the local representative of the energy distribution com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R4534-107

The provisions of this sub-section apply when work is carried out in the vicinity of electrical lines, pipes and installations: 1° Located outside premises and in the low-voltage A area (BTA), i.e. wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-109

To determine the minimum distances to be observed in relation to normally energised bare conductive parts, account must be taken of: 1° All possible movements of the energised bare conductive parts of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-103

…t groupings:a) A copy of the articles of association or the grouping contract, if they are drawn up by deed, or an original, if they are drawn up by private deed; the latter shall indicate, where appl…

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