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Showing 27112720 of 19306 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 20 Oct. 2010

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-2

…ties carried out by Caisse des dépôts et consignations, including those mentioned in Article L. 312-20 of this Code, Article L. 132-27-2 of the Insurance Code and Article L. 223-25-4 of the Mutual Cod…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater

…ption provided for in the first paragraph of this II and the amount of tax finally due is more than 20% higher than the amount of the advance payments made, the late payment interest provided for in A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-5

…dosage adjustment made. Where they exist, the pharmaceutical record referred to in article R. 1111-20-1 and the shared medical record referred to in article L. 161-36-1 of the Social Security Code ta…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre

Article R114-13

…and long leases ;b) The rates for services and products provided for in 1° of III of article R. 114-20 ;These decisions become enforceable fifteen days after they have been transmitted;2° Decisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10

…ering and terrorist financing or by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of mone…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…the duration of the rights provided for in the agreement pursuant to 7° of article 26 of decree no. 2021-793 of 22 June 2021 relating to on-demand audiovisual media services.For automatic support, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-5

…t in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of 200 euros. The amount of the reduced fixed fine is 150 euros and the amount of the increased fixed f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

…icle L. 4163-14 of this Code and, for the companies and establishments mentioned in articles L. 722-20 and L. 722-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the agricultural social security funds may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-8

…ird paragraph of article L. 5212-9, calculated in accordance with the provisions of article D. 5212-20 ; -the amount of the non-capped deduction linked to the conclusion of supply, subcontracting or s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-1

The purpose of the permanent care service provided for in Article L. 6314-1 is to meet the need for unscheduled care: 1° Every day from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. ; 2° Sundays and public holidays from 8am to 8p…

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