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Showing 18711880 of 19160 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25 February 2016

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-45

…nts opened in its books, intended to receive funds deposited pursuant to articles L. 622-18, L. 626-25 et L. 641-8, as well as funds deposited pursuant to Article L. 663-1-1. Interest on bank accounts…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-1-1

…ovided for in terms of sentence adjustment by the third paragraph of Article 132-19 and Article 132-25 of the Criminal Code, as well as by 1°, 2° and 3° of I of Article 464-2, Article 474 and the arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-12

…4° The dimensions of staircase steps must comply with good practice; 5° There must be no more than 25 steps in each flight; 6° Landings are the same width as the stairs and, in the case of uncontroll…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-26

…two experts provided for in article R. 5127-22 and the third party provided for in article R. 5127-25 shall be appointed simultaneously within the time limit set by the investigating judge. The three…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 sexies

…the tax base for property tax on built-up properties sold from 18 September 2013 until 31 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelling located on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-29

…ial authority renews the authorisation on the basis of the information mentioned in article R. 1261-25 and the establishment's internal control report and, for activities that are subject to accredita…

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

Article 312-17

…000 where the projected duration per episode is less than 10 minutes;b) For single work projects: €25,000;4° For writing support for animated work projects, the amount of support is set at:a) For ser…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-10

…ents associated with the agency that could compromise their independence;3° Are subject to Articles 25 to 25 octies of Law No. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 relating to the rights and obligations of civil se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6222-3

…carried out by the laboratory resulting from this acquisition or merger exceeding the threshold of 25% of the total number of medical biology examinations carried out in the area determined pursuant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D742-8

…4-0 and D. 214-32-5 to D. 214-32-7-11 with the exception of its 3° and D. 214-32-7-12n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-7-13n° 2014-485 of 14 May 2014D. 214-32-7-14 and D. 214-32-7-15 with the excep…

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