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Showing 10611070 of 32936 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2001 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2008 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 December 1959

French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VB

…t of a subsequent sale of securities received on the occasion of a transaction mentioned in article 150-0 B, in the fourth paragraph of article 150 A bis in force prior to the date of enactment of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

Article 22-3

However, a French child under article 22-1 and who was not born in France has the option of repudiating this status during the six months preceding his majority and during the twelve months following…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-22

…of declared and unverified claims as well as claims included in the list provided for in Article R. 622-15, a fee per claim determined by an order made pursuant to Article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-15

…older to report to the pharmacovigilance database referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-22

…ct as guarantor for a debt for which he is the principal debtor. By way of derogation from articles 2284 and 2285 of the Civil Code and without prejudice to the legal provisions relating to the unseiz…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Tax on commercial wasteland

Article 1530

I. - Communes may, by a resolution passed under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute an annual tax on commercial wasteland located on their territory. However, public esta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of tax officials responsible for certain judicial police missions

Article R15-33-29-10

…t judicial police missions when they are assigned to one of the departments mentioned in Article R. 15-33-29-4-1. For each of these agents, a request for authorisation is sent, on the proposal of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-22

…ature that meets at least the requirements for an advanced electronic signature set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on el…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of discretion, secrecy and confidentiality

Article R8124-22

…ation of which they become aware in the performance of their duties, subject to Article 8 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-1

…ext general renewal of municipal councils following the promulgation of the Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 of municipal councils with a population less than or equal to 150,…

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