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Showing 17711780 of 44300 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 20-3-2014 n° 13-24.439

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 sexies

I. - In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on built-up properties sold from 18 September 2013 until 31 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Infant formulae

Article L122-13

Advertising for infant formula is only permitted in the written press aimed at healthcare professionals.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formal notice to the debtor

Article 1344-1

A formal notice to pay an obligation for a sum of money shall give rise to interest on arrears, at the legal rate, without the creditor being required to prove any prejudice.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formal notice to the debtor

Article 1344-2

Mandatory notice to deliver a thing places the risks on the debtor, if they are not already there.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1441-13

I.-The Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment shall set the timetable for the general renewal of the number of industrial tribunal members by means of an order published in the Journal of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-13

Advertising to the public for a product or object defined in article R. 5134-11 may not include any element which : 1° Suggest that the effect of the product or object is guaranteed or that it has no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prevention and occupational health services common to undertakings constituting an economic and social unit.

Article D4622-13

Except in cases where it is administered jointly in application of the agreement concluded by the employer, the occupational health and prevention service is placed under the supervision of the joint…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L132-13

A contract concluded as a result of abuse of weakness is null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-13

Any breach of duty by an industrial tribunal member in the performance of his duties may constitute a disciplinary offence.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-13

For deliveries of goods that are imported into the tax territory of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte and the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, S…

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