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Showing 8190 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
Section VIII: Imports

Article 291

…n released for free circulation, or of goods coming from a territory referred to in 1° of Article 256-0 of another Member State of the European Union;b. the release for consumption in France of a good…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-29

…and the additional service time for which they are liable pursuant to Article 1 of Decree no. 2000-815 of 25 August 2000 relating to the organisation and reduction of working time in the State civil s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-29

Any cinema exhibitor who joins an approved access formula is subject to the conditions of the approval. Any exhibitor who does not benefit from the guarantee provided for in article L. 212-30 is oblig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Support for video publishing

Article 422-29

…to the objectives mentioned in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L775-22

…the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 531-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 531-2 with the exception of c), n) and o) of its 2°.Ordinance no. 2021-1652 of 15 De…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-29

The decision of the sentence enforcement judge relating to the recognition of the conviction or the probation decision may be appealed in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° of Article 712-11…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Related agents

Article L775-29

…the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 545-1 to L. 545-5 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 545-5-1Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 545-6Order no. 2007-544 of 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-29

…the members of the body called upon to approve the accounts Introduction 01. Articles L. 823-10, L. 225-235, L. 22-10-71 ou L. 226-10-1, L. 22-10-78 et L. 441-14 of the French Commercial Code require…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-29

Article L. 2335-3 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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