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Showing 47214730 of 24104 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-10-1970 n° 69-11.287

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-5

Without prejudice to the application of Article 434-29 of the Penal Code, in the event of a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour committed intentionally during a temporary absence, the court may de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Global operating grant and other grants

Article R1613-1

…alary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l'Etat et des fonctionna…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 8: Repeat bids

Article R322-67

Any person pursuing the reopening of the auction shall have a certificate issued by the Registry stating that the successful bidder has not provided proof of payment of the price or its deposit or pay…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Resources and expenditure of the inter-company social and cultural activities committee

Article R2312-58

The content of the report presenting qualitative information on the social and cultural activities of the inter-company social and cultural activities committee and on its financial management complie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 B

…evied for any amending or supplementary forms filed pursuant to paragraph 3 of article 34 of decree n° 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 taken for the application of decree n° 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reformi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-17

The following may be contributed to a société civile professionnelle, in ownership or in enjoyment: 1° All intangible, movable or immovable rights, in particular, if applicable, the right for a partne…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Operating conditions

Article A743-8

The services listed in Table 2 of Article Appendix 4-7 shall give rise to the collection by the clerk of the commercial court of fees set in accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 to 9 of thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 G

…of social rental housing demolished under the conditions provided for in articles 6 and 9-1 of law n° 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 on the guidelines and programming for towns and urban renewal and pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment and terms of office of heads of department, heads of internal structure and heads of functional unit

Article D6146-5-1

The time devoted to the duties of head of department is valued and counted as part of the service obligations of practitioners. The head of department receives training on taking up his duties, adapte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-17

The services mentioned in article A. 444-16 also give rise to the collection of the initiation fee mentioned in article A. 444-15, with the exception of those listed under the following numbers in Tab…

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