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Showing 40514060 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A

…ift is made to persons holding an employment contract of indefinite duration for at least two years and who carry out their duties on a full-time basis, or an apprenticeship contract in force on the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 D

…r vivos transfer duties, an allowance of €5,310 is made on the share of each of the donor's great-grandchildren.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 H

Gifts inter vivos, made in full ownership and evidenced by a notarised deed signed between 1 January and 31 December 2015, of building land defined in 1° of 2 of I of Article 257 are exempt from free…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-7

…assisted, without prejudice to the benefit of the provisions relating to leave for personal events and leave for family events, or at an earlier date chosen by the employee.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-7

…communications made to healthcare professionals authorised to prescribe, supply or use this product and in particular on the occasion of : 1° Presentation of the product by the professionals mentioned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-7

…o months of a climatic or geological event as specified in article R. 1613-3, the local authorities and groupings concerned send their grant application to the State representative in the department.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right

Article R3132-7

…ition to the categories of establishments listed in article R. 3132-5, establishments operating day and night with alternating shifts which have suspended, for at least twelve consecutive hours each S…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L238-7

…L. 232-6, L. 232-6-1, L. 233-28-1 et L. 233-28-2. Where the request is granted, the penalty payment and the costs of the proceedings are to be borne, individually or jointly and severally as the case…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article L741-7

When the protection litigation judge rules pursuant to article L. 733-13, personal recovery without judicial liquidation has the effects mentioned in article L. 741-2. However, in this case, the debts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-7

The mayor may prescribe that municipal officials attend the meetings.

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