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Showing 45314540 of 23134 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19-12-2007 n° 06-21.998

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R367

I.-For the application of articles R. 19 to R. 23-1, the words: "régisseur des recettes" are replaced by the words: "agent chargé du recouvrement des amendes". II.-Article R. 19 is supplemented by a p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 G

I. - Municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax system may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-14

…financial year of technical reserves gross of reinsurance cessions, corresponding to items 3b, 3c, 3e and 3h of the balance sheet liabilities model set out in Article 421-4 of Regulation no. 2015-11…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15-1

Where article R. 2122-48-4 is applied, all voters have the right to object to their address being communicated to the trade union organisations. The voter is informed of the existence of this right by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article R821-4

The official report of the transport company's failure, referred to in article L. 821-12, includes:1° The name of the transport company;2° The references of the flight or journey concerned;3° In the e…

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

Article R762-9

If the full declaration is not filed within the time limits set out in article R. 762-5, commercial events held in the park are subject, depending on the case, to the declaration system provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration.

Article L1251-20

A temporary employee placed at the disposal of a building or public works company mentioned in article L. 5424-6 is entitled to an indemnity in the event of work stoppage caused by bad weather, provid…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval of circuits.

Article R331-39

The committee's tasks include1° To check that the circuit meets the minimum characteristics imposed by the technical and safety rules set out in article R. 331-19 ;2° To determine the arrangements to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L956-4

For the application of articles L. 621-4, L. 621-10, L. 622-19, L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-1, L. 641-8, L. 641-14, L. 661-5 and L. 662-4, the institutions m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-30

The modelling agency is considered to be in default, within the meaning of article L. 7123-19, when, at the end of a period of fifteen days following receipt of a formal notice, it has not paid all or…

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