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Showing 55215530 of 64807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-2-2012 n° 10-22.863

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Rent.

Article R145-2

The items mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 145-33 shall be assessed in accordance with the conditions set out in this sub-section.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 294

1. Value added tax is temporarily not applicable in the departments of French Guiana and Mayotte. 2. For the application of value added tax, the following is considered to be the export of a good: 1°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2522

Sont inscrits sur le livre foncier, à peine d'inadmissabilité, lorsqu'elles portent sur les droits mentionnés aux 1° et 2° de l'article 2521, legal proceedings for the resolution, revocation, annulmen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Victims' rights

Article D1-2

The procedures for applying the victim's right to assistance by an interpreter and to translation, referred to in 7° of Article 10-2 and in Article 10-3, are set out in articles D. 594-12 to D. 594-16…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Management of the dedicated fund of Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R6241-28-2

The amounts of the repayments mentioned in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 6131-4 of this code are determined each year, until a date set by order of the ministers responsible for national edu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-26

I. - Articles L. 2224-1, L. 2224-2, L. 2224-4 to L. 2224-6 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the provisions of II to VI.II. - For the application of Article L. 2224-1, afte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-31

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-21 to R. 15-33-24 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised judicial environmental officers.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-254

The spouse of the sole managing partner or majority managing partner of a société à responsabilité limitée or a société d'exercice libéral à responsabilité limitée, or the person linked to him by a ci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-259

The following shall also be entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the company at the time of its registration: 1° For commercial companies: a) In the case of an establishm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-252

The following particulars relating to the legal entity are entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the company at the time of its registration: 1° The company name, followed…

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