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Showing 24612470 of 19306 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 20 Oct. 2010

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 4: Provisions common to the remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-34

…se.With the exception of the remuneration provided for in Articles R. 663-4 and R. 663-18 to R. 663-20 and authorised advance payments, they are not collected until they have been stopped.The remunera…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-8

…case provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 722-12, the election must take place between 20 October and 10 November preceding the end of the term of office of the current President. The ord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Drawing up lists of candidates

Article R4031-30

…trade union organisation has been authorised to submit lists, which include a number of candidates 20% higher than the number of members of the assembly of the regional union to be elected, rounded u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Articles of association, share capital, shares.

Article R4113-35

…professional non-trading companies, and those that may be included under articles 8, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the same law, relating respectively to the distribution of shares, the managers, the company n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…care ; 15° Stomatology ; 16° Otolaryngology ; 17° Ophthalmology ; 18° Cardiology ; 19° Radiology ; 20° Gastroenterology ; 21° Pneumology. For the specialties mentioned in 15° to 21°, only doctors car…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous benefits

Article A743-14

…Description of service Fee 138 Judicial escrow: a) Amount of the sum entered in the deed less than €20,800 15.61 € b) Amount of the sum entered in the deed greater than or equal to €20,800 69.11 € 139…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
X : Special arrangements for the declaration and payment of value added tax on importation

Article 298 sexdecies I

I.-Where, for the import of goods covered by distance selling of imported goods, with the exception of products subject to excise duty, contained in consignments with an intrinsic value not exceeding…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-5

…urities mentioned in 1° and 2° ; b) Money market instruments mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 214-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the remuneration of which does not depend, directly or indire…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-22

…ployment undertakings, all temporary employees satisfying the conditions defined in article L. 2314-20 and bound to the temporary employment undertaking by an assignment contract at the time the lists…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 774

…te is however required to provide, in the forms and according to the rules determined by Article L. 20 of the Book of Tax Procedures, a certificate, dated and signed by him, stating the amount of his…

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