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Showing 95319540 of 29730 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-7-1996 n° 1265

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Article Annexe 4-4

TABLE SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE LAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE NOTIFICATION FILE FOR A MERGER OPERATIONName of entity: ... No SIREN (in the case of a French company): ...Cons…

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

Article 312-36

Aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The amount of aid is set as follows:1° For fiction projects, the amount of aid is set at:a) For series projects : 15,000, including a maximum of €10,000 for autho…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Re-identification and verification of the identity of the customer and the beneficial owner

Article R561-11-1

In the event of the transfer of a life insurance or capitalisation contract to a third party, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2, when they take note of the transfer or, wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R641-1

The provisions of articles R. 621-2 to R. 621-4, R. 621-7, R. 621-7-1, R. 621-8-1, with the exception of the last paragraph, R. 621-8-2, R. 621-10 and R. 621-12 to R. 621-16, as well as Article R. 631…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R1613-1

…alary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l'Etat et des fonctionna…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Taxes, levies and other income allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)

Article L116-5

The following are allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée :1° Proceeds from the reimbursement of advances on receipts granted before 1 January 1996 for the production of cinema…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Allocation of hearing duties among the citizen assessors

Article R2-11

In accordance with the provisions of Article 10-7, the first president of the court of appeal and the president of the judicial tribunal decide by order on the distribution of the service of hearings…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R3424-1

For the application in Mayotte of article R. 3324-22, the words: "of 2° and 3° of article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code " are replaced by the words: "ofarticle 20-8-2 of order no. 96-1122 of 20…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A111-4

As long as this is justified by the data referred to in article L. 111-7 , taking gender into account may result in differences in premiums and benefits proportionate to the risks under insurance oper…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…(4°) et R. 135-1 à R. 135-4;L'article R. 136-1 est applicable dans sa rédaction résultant du décret n° 2021-1369 du 20 octobre 2021;L'articles R. 122-3, R. 122-6, R. 122-7, R. 122-8, R. 122-10, R. 122…

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