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Showing 38113820 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Notaries

Article R444-63

…1945 relating to the status of notaries and articles 25 and 26 of decree no. 71-942 of 26 November 1971. The discount respectively granted by each party shall, where applicable, be deducted from the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies

The parliamentary allowance, defined in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the allowances of Members of Parliament and the additional allowances paid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative police measures

Article R784-7

…clesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-30n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-30-1No. 2014-1357 of 13 November 2014R. 612-31n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-31-1n° 2017-293 of 6 March 2017R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-10

The issue of the site authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 1121-13 is subject to compliance with the following conditions: 1° The possibility of ensuring appropriate superv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-3

…ompensation Fund; g bis) Proceeds from the temporary local contribution referred to in Article L. 2124-1 of the Transport Code; h) For the overseas regions: 1° The proceeds of fines from automatic spe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-19

…the obligation to employ disabled workers, in the case of the persons mentioned in Article L. 5212-13; 10° The data mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R. 5134-17.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-35

…tories shall use the methods of analysis or testing defined in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 as amended on official controls…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-16

The mayor defines the rules relating to the collection of waste collected pursuant to articles L. 2224-13 and L. 2224-14 according to its characteristics. He shall impose separate collection arrangeme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Fees for formalities

Article A444-8

…nements being greater than five.II.- In the case provided for in I, the service listed under number 13 of the table mentioned in article A 444-1 gives rise to a fixed fee for each postponement.In the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article R632-9

…ok it.The revocation of an expulsion decision taken, prior to the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997, by the Minister of the Interior, on the basis of the provisions of article 23…

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