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Showing 701710 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-19

…py of the sentencing decision and the original or a copy of the certificate referred to in article 728-12 and, where applicable, a copy of the record of the hearing of the convicted person and the rec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L3121-19

…councillors a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters to be submitted to them. The reports may be made available to councillors who so wish by secure electronic means; this availability is th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-19

The financial penalty and the certificate issued by the competent authority of the issuing State shall be sent, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 48-11, to the Public Prosecutor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-19

…elects its Chairman and Vice-Chairman from among the practitioners mentioned in 1° of article D. 6431-18. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected for a two-year term by all the members of the Comm…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-19

The provisions of this section, adopted in application of article L. 422-2 of the French Consumer Code, apply to football, handball, hockey and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals intended f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter

I a. Where the beneficiaries of the income from movable capital referred to in articles 108 to 119,238 septies Band 1678 bis are required, under the provisions of the tax legislation, to submit, for t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2 : The departmental conciliation committee for leases of commercial, industrial or craft buildings or premises.

Article D145-19

…l allowances for members of the Commission are governed by the conditions set out in Decree no. 90-437 du 28 mai 1990 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasionnés par les…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-19

…dividual limited liability entrepreneur shall file in the special register mentioned in Article R. 526-15, within six months of the end of the financial year, the accounting documents mentioned in

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to termination indemnities

Article R3133-19

…and guarantee or a personal and joint surety is required, the time limit for payment of the advance may not run before receipt of this guarantee or surety.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-19

Articles R. 2241-8 to R. 2241-10, R. 2241-12 to R. 2241-15, R. 2241-17 and R. 2241-18, R. 2241-21 to R. 2241-26 and R. 2241-30, R. 2241-34 to R. 2241-36 are applicable to ski lift and conveyor service…

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