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Showing 27212730 of 19160 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25 February 2016

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article A232

…ection III of Annex III to Directive 2011/16/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2011. The report shall specify which of these two methods was used. II.-Turnover includes t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

…he mention "Died in the service of the Republic" provided for in Article 30 of Law no. 2021-1520 of 25 November 2021 aimed at consolidating our civil security model and enhancing the value of voluntee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-22

…ommunicated information to the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 pursuant to Article L. 561-25 or when they have, in good faith, reported a discrepancy pursuant to Article L. 561-47-1 ; b) The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1

…With the exception of Article L. 133-11, I of Article L. 133-13, Article L. 133-22, Articles L. 133-25 to L. 133-25-2 and Article L. 133-27, the provisions of this chapter apply if only the payee's pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-8

…efined below. II. - Within eighteen months of the publication of the organic law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 referred to above, one or more agreements concluded between the representative of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8

…es concerned and calculated in accordance with I of the article 119 of the same law. From 1 January 2016, when a region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-2

…r inter-municipal cooperation known as "territorial public establishments" are created on 1 January 2016. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, these public establishments are subject to the prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16

…also apply to the prosecution, investigation and trial of the offences provided for in Article 706-25-7 of this Code.Section 1 of this Title shall also apply to the prosecution, investigation and tri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1456

…by another cooperative production company under the conditions provided for in the amended article 25 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production. The exempt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Tasks

Article D6323-20-4

…icle L. 6313-1 , which is carried out under the conditions laid down in I and II of article R. 6332-25 and in article R. 6332-26.

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