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Showing 811820 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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-1

Agreements dealing with contractual practices or professional customs between authors and producers, concluded between professional authors' organisations or collective management organisations mentio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258 D

…ntra-Community acquisitions of tangible movable property located in France pursuant to I of Article 258 C, made by a purchaser who has a value added tax identification number in another Member State o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

In application of Article 31 of the aforementioned Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, a decree in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the National Commission for Information Technology…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 bis

…deduction;c) By a farmer placed under the flat-rate reimbursement scheme provided for in articles 298 quater and 298 quinquies.These provisions only apply when the amount of the acquisitions made by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-18

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 125-17, the grouping or company may not proceed with the installation of a new successful bidder unless the former holder of the shares o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article L214-183

…in the first paragraph submits a specific programme of operations for approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers under the conditions set out in the general regulations of that authority. Howeve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-3

…t of the individual right to training of local elected representatives mentioned in Article L. 1621-4, via the dematerialised service mentioned in Article L. 1621-5, in accordance with the general con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-2

…presentative, the volume of rights acquired each year under articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 of this code and article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonian Loc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-1

Training courses eligible under the individual right are training courses relating to the exercise of the mandate of the councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana and training courses contributing t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7227-25-2

…the volume of rights that he/she acquires each year under articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 of this code and article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonian Loc…

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