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Showing 54215430 of 23593 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 9 July 2014

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-43

The specific obligations which may be imposed pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 5121-9 and which must be mentioned in the risk management system are, in particular, the following: 1° The a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

…finition of a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-7

…ary and Financial Code, without prejudice to the provisions of 4° and 4° bis of I of article L. 233-9 of this code. The same applies to the voting rights that this person may acquire under the same co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-10

…cle are set out in Articles 26 and 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100

…e an account, in their report, of the performance of the duties assigned to them by articles L. 823-9, L. 823-10 and L. 823-11.The meeting deliberates and decides on all matters relating to the annual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L3321-1

…butions;5° bis Under the conditions provided for in Article 88-1 of the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale, les dépenses aff…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° sexies : Redynamising employment areas

Article 1383 H

…tion body with its own tax system decides otherwise under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis, properties located in the employment areas defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°f: Defence restructuring zones

Article 1383 I

…own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties the properties located in the defence restr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

…d by the Fund, in addition to any enforcement costs, under the conditions set out in Article L. 422-9 of the Insurance Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-10

…ersons: 1° who, unless exempted by the application of the provisions of articles R. 222-18, R. 222-19, last paragraph, or R. 222-27, have passed the examination mentioned in article R. 222-14 and have…

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