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Showing 51615170 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 Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial acts

Article A743-9

…5.58 € 5 Copy 1.13 € 6 Verification of costs 2.24 € 7 Litigation relating to commercial registers 8.93 € 8 Diligences linked to the expertise 16.72 € 9 Summons or notice 1.13 € 10 Visa, mark and initi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-16

…st of the debtor, under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 631-15.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-9

…the maximum rates referred to in B shall apply.B. - Subject to the provisions of articles L. 2333-12 and L. 2333-16, these maximum rates are, with effect from 1st January 2009, per square metre and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12

…e-year period, by notifying the insurer in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 113-14 at least two months before the expiry date of the contract. Where the insured has taken out a con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account

Article L221-15

…e tax residence is in France and whose income does not exceed the amounts mentioned in I of article 1417 of the General Tax Code multiplied by a coefficient equal to 1.8, the amount obtained being rou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-14

…o small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of the regulation referred to in Article R. 1511-5. The agreement mentioned in Article L. 1511-3 sets out the conditions under which the local a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-14

…inistrators who have been registered for at least five years on the list referred to in Article L. 812-2 and who have, where applicable, completed the training period under the conditions provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

Article 1649 bis

…y engages in the retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals is required to submit, before 31 January each year, to the departmental directorate of public finance of the place of his residence o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article D4311-15-2

…the said protocols, by a doctor practising within the teams and structures mentioned in articles L. 1411-11-1, L. 1434-12, L. 6323-1 and L. 6323-3. III.-Patients are informed of the conditions under w…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-12

…nce through work mentioned in article…

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