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Showing 971980 of 44148 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 10 July 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 16 June 1999 · Cass. 3e civ. 22 September 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 May 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2003

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R7226-22

…on, powers and operating rules of the committees, as well as the conditions under which the Council may delegate to its Bureau the power to formulate an opinion on exhaustively specified matters. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-1

…to an amount set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and not admitted to trading on a regulated market may be consolidated notwithstanding any legislative or statutory provision to the contrary. Such gro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-22

The other convertible instruments referred to in Article L. 511-81 that may be used for the allocation of variable remuneration are the only instruments that may be fully converted into Tier 1 core ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I: Exceptional tax on high incomes.

Article 223 sexies

…the deferral of taxation expires and without application of the quotient rules defined in l'article 163-0 A. The contribution is calculated by applying a rate of :- 3% to the fraction of reference tax…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1686

Owners and, in their place, the main tenants, must, one month before the date on which their tenants move out, have the tenants represent them with the receipts for their council tax on second homes a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-5

The suspension order provided for in articles R. 752-29-2 and R. 752-29-3 exposes: 1° The objectives pursued by the territorial revitalisation operation agreement that the project is likely to comprom…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-2

The approval decision provided for in article L. 612-29-1 is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating conditions

Article A212-228

If the Prefect deems that there is no substantial difference, or if a substantial difference has been identified and the applicant has passed the aptitude test, the Prefect will issue the applicant wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Actions against those responsible for the damage.

Article R3122-22

Within one month of receipt of the letter referred to in Article R. 3122-21, the Office shall inform the president of the court concerned whether or not a claim for compensation with the same purpose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-22

The following are considered as partially deductible resources pursuant to 2° of article R. 5131-20 : 1° All income from an employed or self-employed activity; 2° Legal or contractual aid to employees…

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