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Showing 24612470 of 19160 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25 February 2016

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…p: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €160,000 and greater than or equal to €25,000; 3° Third group: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €25,000 and greate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article D753-2

…decreeD. 312-1-1No. 2018-1175 of 18 December 2018D. 312-5No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018D. 312-5-1no. 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016D. 312-8 and D. 312-8-2n° 2022-347 of 11 March 2022D. 312-23 and D. 312…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article D754-2

…decreeD. 312-1-1No. 2018-1775 of 18 December 2018D. 312-5No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018D. 312-5-1no. 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016D. 312-8 and D. 312-8-2n° 2022-347 of 11 March 2022D. 312-23 and D. 312…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D752-2

…decreeD. 312-1-1no. 2018-1175 of 18 December 2018D. 312-5No. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018D. 312-5-1no. 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016D. 312-8 and D. 312-8-2n° 2022-347 of 11 March 2022D. 312-23 and D. 312…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2

…nce for 2014;- that mentioned in Article 38 of Law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016;- a fraction equal to €1.77 per hectolitre for E10 petrol and products in the petrol tax catego…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alcoholic beverages

Article R412-21

…ions, notifications and publication of notified information ;3° The provisions of Articles 1, 13 to 25 and 35 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 laying down detail…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-80-2

…e, the maximum proportion of profits that can be allocated to remunerating certificates is equal to 25% of the profit for the last financial year. Notwithstanding the above provisions, a mutual insura…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-22

…articles 231-23 to 231-25, for each of these categories of works; 2° The number of screens in the establishments;…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Stimulus measures for the video publishing of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 916-37

…number of eligible works and the appropriations allocated to the aid concerned, up to a maximum of 25% of the initial aid.In order to receive the increase, the videogram publisher must send an electr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: List of ad hoc administrators

Article R53-1

…been subject to personal bankruptcy or another sanction pursuant to Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 relative au redressement et à la liquidation judiciaires des entreprises.

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