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Showing 38013810 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-83

…e rates Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 2.515% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.038% From €17,000 to €60,000 0.692% More than €60,000 0.519%When the notary appointed by the judge under the 10° of Article 255 of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-81

An initial or amending civil solidarity pact (number 40 in table 5) gives rise to a fixed fee of €84.51..

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

…agraph under the conditions defined by the articles 42 and 48-1 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication.When a distributor of a radio or television service makes available…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-9

…cial events" of this book. The calculations are carried out in accordance with standards NF ISO 25639-1 of January 2009 "Terminology of the trade fair, exhibition, congress or commercial event sector.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disciplinary chamber of first instance

Article R4311-90

…all the full and alternate members of the college referred to in a of 1° and 2° ofarticle R. 4311-89 and renew half of the full and alternate members of the college referred to in b of 1° and 2° of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-9

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, article L. 1142-21 is replaced by the following provisions: Art.L. 1142-21 -When the competent court, seised of a claim for compensation for the harmful conse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article R1338-9

The Regional Prefect shall ensure that the measures referred to in article L. 1338-1 and determined in the prefectoral orders referred to in article R. 1338-4 are consistent with the schemes, programm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employer representation at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-9

I.-For the purposes of measuring the audience of the professional employers' organisations provided for in 3° of Article L. 2152-4, companies that are direct members of the professional employers' org…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

By way of derogation from 1° of article 223-4, for the selective aid for the distribution of unreleased works provided for in article 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of del…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-8

I.-In the event of a forced sale, after the file has been forwarded by the bailiff to the judicial auctioneer, the latter may agree to postpone the sale in the event of an advance payment, at the writ…

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