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Showing 83418350 of 27977 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 17-7-1997 n° 96-10.261

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-12

In the consultation documents, the purchaser may ask tenderers to indicate in their tender the proportion of the contract that they intend to subcontract to third parties, in particular to small and m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

The award of financial aid to technical projects is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Involvement of the State representative in the département

Article R1334-29-8

Pursuant to 1° of article L. 1334-15, in the event of non-compliance with the identification obligations defined in articles R. 1334-17 to R. 1334-19, to carry out dust measurements, to monitor the st…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-143

The loan, the bond with or without guarantee, the acknowledgement of debt, and the credit opening (number 137 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional emolument, according to the foll…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating principally to the assets and property of the business

Article A444-120

The sharing of construction companies (number 100 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 0.967% Fro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L422-2

It is prohibited to hold for sale or distribution free of charge, to offer for sale, to sell, to distribute free of charge, products the import of which is prohibited by decisions of the European Comm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-146

Services relating to endorsement (numbers 142 to 144 in table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° With regard to the endorsement of enforceable copies to order mentioned in the Law no. 76-519 of 15 J…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-30

I.-In year n, the decision to award a classification, a label and a grant is taken after receiving the opinion of the art cinema commission meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration.

Article R6152-416

The remuneration of contractual practitioners is set according to the following rules:1° The emoluments of contractual practitioners recruited in application of 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of article R. 6152-40…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article R4424-32-1

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