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Showing 31413150 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1840 W quater

The establishments mentioned in article L. 96 E of the Book of Tax Procedures who voluntarily refrain from providing the information requested by the administration as part of the control of the tax p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-18

…ing on a regulated market, the number of members of the Management Board referred to in Article L. 225-58 may be increased to seven by the articles of association.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96

When a marriage is celebrated in one of the cases provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 93, publications are made, insofar as circumstances allow, at the place of the future spouse's last domi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Departmental tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article L422-15

…g to the departmental tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment are set out in articles L. 3333-4 to L. 3333-7 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales, which are reproduced below: "Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing Director.

Article R1413-15

…ll acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions of articles R. 1413-12 and R. 1413-13. Each year, he proposes the agency's strategic guidelines to the Board of Dire…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-15

…ion is fixed on a weekly basis;3° Two weeks' notice if his remuneration is fixed on a monthly basis;4° six weeks when his remuneration is fixed per quarter or per longer period.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A sexies

…the method for determining the rental value of an industrial building or land pursuant to articles 1499-00 A or 1500, the resulting change in rental value is subject to a reduction under the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-1

Where, in the cases and in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree, the victim's complaint is submitted electronically, the record of receipt of the complaint shall be drawn up in accordanc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-15-1

…ssional conduct in accordance with the principles defined by the charter provided for inarticle L. 141-3. They shall set up an ethics committee from among their members, whose independence they shall…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Remuneration received by doctors for on-call duty

Article 151 ter

…emuneration received in respect of the permanence of care exercised in application of article L. 6314-1 of the Public Health Code by doctors or their replacements established in an area characterised…

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