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Showing 741750 of 65128 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 11 October 1989 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 July 1993 · Cass. com. 1 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 2 June 1981 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 July 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 14 November 2007

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-15

The competent State authority referred to in b of article L. 2221-5-1 is the departmental or, where appropriate, regional director of public finances.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-14

Proof of the professional competence referred to in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 must be provided by presenting one of the following documents, as appropriate: a) Diploma ; b) Training ce…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1520

…enses of the household waste collection and treatment service and the waste mentioned in Article L. 2224-14 of the General Local Authorities Code, as well as expenditure directly linked to the definit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: International arbitration

Article 1506

…ct to the provisions of this Title, the following Articles shall apply to international arbitration:1° 1446,1447,1448 (paragraphs 1 and 2) and 1449, relating to the arbitration agreement; 2° 1452 to 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 159 quinquies

…he distribution by sociétés immobilières d'investissement governed by I of Article 33 of Law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963 to their shareholders and by sociétés immobilières de gestion governed by Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L784-11

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 621-22 and L. 621-23 Act no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-24 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Administrative procedure

Article R3132-15

The procedure laid down in articles R. 3132-13 and R. 3132-14 is applicable to the application for authorisation to exceed the maximum daily working time of ten hours in the event of recourse to subst…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-14

When carrying out the risk assessment, the employer shall in particular take into consideration: 1° The inventory of ionising radiation sources provided for in Article R. 1333-158 of the Public Health…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1217

Outside the cases provided for in articles 390,391,442,485 and in the third paragraph of Article 494-3 of the Civil Code, the court shall be seised by application delivered or addressed to the registr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-15

…ers, the decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency provided for in Article R. 6133-1-1 also includes: 1° Approval of the agreement setting up the grouping or any amendment thereto…

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