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Showing 52115220 of 22671 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-11-2012 n° 11-14.671

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-4

Where the candidate for registration holds a chartered accountancy diploma, at least two-thirds of the training period provided for in Article 67 of Decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012 relating to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-62

The decisions taken by the approved bodies under the procedures referred to in subsections 5, 6, 8 and 9 of section 6 of this chapter are valid for five years. They may be renewed for five-year period…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-26

Litigation and civil enforcement proceedings suspended pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 622-28 shall be pursued at the initiative of the creditors benefiting from guarantees mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article L3662-7

The articles L. 3335-1 and L. 3335-2 apply to the Metropole of Lyon.In 2015, 2016 and 2017, for the application of Article L. 3335-2 to the Rhône department and the Metropole of Lyon, the transfer dut…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2223-41

…When it concerns local authority civil servants, it is provided under the conditions set by the loi n° 84-594 du 12 juillet 1984 relative à la formation des agents de la fonction publique territoriale…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis P

The fee referred to in article 302 bis N is established and recovered according to the same rules, under the same guarantees, privileges and penalties as for value added tax.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-26

I. - The presentation of the accounts is subject to the approval of the principal's authorising officer. The principal's authorising officer shall give the order to pay or recover to his public accoun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-2

I.-The national health data system comprises a main database covering the entire population and a set of databases not covering the entire population, known as the "catalogue". The main database bring…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

I. - By way of derogation from Article 509-2, applications for the recognition or establishment of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign notarial authentic instruments pursuant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-7

Articles R. 112-11-1 to R. 112-11-4 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration are, unless otherwise provided for in this article, applicable to exchanges between the single body, o…

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