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Showing 24412450 of 20661 articles for Art. Cass. 2e civ. 14 June 2012

French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 B

…2008 in respect of all the compensation referred to in I to X of Article 48 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 2009 and the total amount of this same compensation provided for this p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-17

…ticular in the event of an alert being issued on the basis of the last paragraph of Article R. 6113-14, request any documents and evidence enabling him to ensure, for the duration of the registration,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…4-9, R. 137-1 and R. 138-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2022-928 of 23 June 2022. 2° The provisions of Book II in their wording, resulting from decree no. 2017-338 of 15 M…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Dismissal of a statement of appeal without a hearing

Article R743-16

The decision declaring the appeal inadmissible in the case provided for in article R. 743-14 or rejecting the statement of appeal in the case provided for in article R. 743-15 shall be handed down by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-7

…gal protection measure, in order to implement the provisions of Article 706-112-1 and Article D. 47-14. The same applies in the event of the detention of a person pursuant to articles 133-1,141-4,709-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

…may only become a partner after having been approved under the conditions set out in Article L. 223-14. On pain of nullity of the clause, the time limits granted to the company to decide on approval m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Foodstuffs intended for specific groups

Article R412-18-1

…9 to 11 and 15 of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 as amended on foodstuffs intended for infants and young children, foodstuffs for special m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Cross-border partial transfer of assets

Article L236-48

…agraph 1 of Article 160b of Directive EU 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of company law and governed by the law of one or more other Member S…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and scope of application

Article L763-1

…67 of 21 October 2019 II.For the application of I: 1° References to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 and Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 are replaced by references to Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and scope of application

Article L762-1

…67 of 21 October 2019 II.For the application of I: 1° References to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 and Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 are replaced by references to Articl…

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