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Showing 43714380 of 42073 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 29-3-1995 n° 702

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quaterdecies

1 The net amount of short-term capital gains may be divided equally between the year in which they are realised and the following two years.It refers to the excess of these capital gains over capital…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-3

The personalised Republican integration pathway provided for in article L. 413-2 includes in particular:1° Civic training prescribed by the State, relating to the values, principles and institutions o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R592-3

For the application of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the State representative in Saint-Barthélemy and references to the Prefecture are repla…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Time limits and forms of appeal

Article 380-9

The appeal shall be lodged within ten days of the delivery of the judgment. However, the time limit shall run only from the service of the judgment, by whatever method, on the party who was not presen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L2361-3

The procedures for employee involvement cover information, consultation and, where appropriate, participation. They are determined by agreement between the directors of the participating legal entitie…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APATRIDIA

Article R582-3

The decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons is notified to the person concerned under the conditions laid down in Article R. 531-17.In the event of a decisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-3

If the authorising officer fails to act, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, after a formal notice has remained unanswered for a period set by regulation, automatically authorise p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-3

Within the time limit set by the examining magistrate, the person under investigation shall constitute and, where applicable, publish the security requested, in accordance with the laws and regulation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-31

Where the financial guarantee provided for in article L. 7123-19 is insufficient, failure by any user to take the place of the modelling agency for the payment of sums still due to employees and socia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings

Article R692-3

The court shall rule on the applications for provisional or protective measures referred to in II of Article L. 692-2 after having heard or duly called in chambers the debtor who has not been divested…

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