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Showing 11011110 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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 152

The magistrates or judicial police officers assigned to carry out the investigation exercise, within the limits of the letter rogatory, all the powers of the investigating judge. However, the judicial…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Participatory procedure

Article 1556

…itigation.An application made to the judge by a party, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 2065 of the Civil Code, for him to rule on the dispute before the end of the agreement, due to its non…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-22

…body mentioned in article R. 123-1, his removal from the special register mentioned in Article R. 526-15 indicating the date of cessation.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-22

…rd and the principles defined in the professional practice standard relating to accounting changes. 6. Where the accounts for the previous financial year have not been audited by the statutory auditor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the personal training account for disabled people in care in an establishment or service providing assistance through work

Article D6323-29-1

The provisions of articles D. 6323-6, D. 6323-7 and D. 6323-8 are applicable to training courses run by the person referred to in article L. 6323-33 which are eligible for the personal training accoun…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Provisions common to industrial establishments and commercial premises

Article 1501

…to the fixed assets referred to in the first paragraph which are acquired or created on or after 1 January 1974. The latter are valued in accordance with the last paragraph of 1 of II of Article 1517…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 151

The examining magistrate may request by letter rogatory any judge of his court, any examining magistrate or any officer of the judicial police, who shall in this case notify the public prosecutor, to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13° : Tax credit for expenditure on publishing musical works

Article 220 septdecies

…omoting the development of the repertoire of new talent under a contract entered into on or after 1 January 2022 and meeting all of the following conditions is eligible for the tax credit referred to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Additional payment without express consent

Article L132-22

…e L. 121-17 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

…the communes that are members of the community for the competences referred to in I of Article L. 5215-20 that the syndicate exercises, with the exception of the competences whose exercise is organise…

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