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Showing 80118020 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-32

…ent, on its left-hand side, the following entries:1° Date of dispatch of the notice;2° Reference number of the notice ;3° The date, time, location of the offence (motorway or road structure, direction…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° ter : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of press companies.

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

1. a. Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes, within the meaning of the article 4 B, are entitled to an income tax reduction equal to 30% of payments made up to 31 December 2024 in respect of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-26

…tation of the national file of incarcerated persons, the notice referred to in the first paragraph above specifies, if applicable, the name of the establishment where the person concerned is being hel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consultancy

Article D6151-3

Applications and the nature of the tasks that may be assigned to consultants, whether inside or outside the institution, are examined by the Chairman of the Institutional Medical Board. After obtainin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D614-2

I. - The Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation is chaired by the Minister for the Economy or his representative. The Committee comprises seventeen other members:1° A Member of Par…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-5

The Haut Conseil de stabilité financière shall notify its draft decisions under 4°, 4° bis or 4° ter of Article L. 631-2-1: a) Under the conditions laid down, as the case may be, in Article 458 of Reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-28

…ating revenue and actual operating expenditure taken into account for the City of Paris are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.For the application of articles L. 2334-4, L. 2334-5, L. 2336-2, L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-21

…an of the Departmental Council has three months from the date on which the application is deemed to be complete to notify the public authority concerned of the opinion provided for in the second parag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-1

I. - The Preliminary Chapter of Title I of Book I of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception ofArticle L. 1110-7, and subject to the adaptations set out in II.Article L. 1110-2-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

…in article L. 5422-20 entrust the management of the unemployment insurance scheme to a private law body of their choice. The institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 provides the insurance allowanc…

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