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Showing 26412650 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to private educational establishments under contract with the State

Article L5134-128

…s section apply to the private educational establishments mentioned in articles L. 442-5 and L. 442-12 of the Education Code and article L. 813-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, subject to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital variable d'actionnariat salarié (open-ended investment companies with employee share ownership)

Article L214-166

…es L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of the Labour Code. The fourth and fifth paragraphs of II of article L. 214-165 of this Code apply to its Board of Directors. The Articles of Association provide that divide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-9

In 2009, when the population of a municipality defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 2334-2, authenticated at 1 January 2009, is 10% or more lower than in 2008, the basic allocation provided f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638 quater

…attachment of a commune to a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation subject to Article 1609 nonies C or following a transformation under the conditions provided for in Article L. 5211-41-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1467

…ax located in France, excluding property exempt from property tax on built-up properties under 11°, 12° and 13° of Article 1382, which the taxpayer has used for the purposes of his professional activi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478 bis

…emption applies after the reduction in the base provided for in the last paragraph of II of article 1478. The exemption is subject to a deliberation by the municipalities or the public establishments…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 0-II bis: Reduction in property tax on undeveloped land relating to plots farmed by young farmers

Article 1647-00 bis

…eneral scope taken, each insofar as it is concerned, under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, by the territorial authorities and their groupings with their own tax system, a rebate i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Protection of the site environment

Article R4412-124

If the threshold set by article R. 1334-29-3 of the Public Health Code is exceeded in the buildings, equipment, installations or structures in which or in the environment of which the operation is car…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

…t prejudice to the allocation of these assets under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2222-9 du code général de la propriété des personnes publiques et 707-1 du présent code;4° L'aliénation d…

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