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Showing 51915200 of 24104 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-10-1970 n° 69-11.287

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-18

When the performance of the following services requires an execution time greater than the reference time specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an additional session fee eq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-7

The management and administration of the société européenne are governed by the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter V of this Title, with the exception of the first paragraph of Articles L. 225-37 and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-30

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 11 and 12, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Article 13, Article 14, Article 15 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 15a o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall publish the annual report on the solvency and fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-71

In order to assess the extent of the damage and determine whether it can be attributed to the accident, the Director of the Office will, if necessary, arrange for an expert opinion. The doctor respons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compensation.

Article R3122-3

In order to assess the extent of the damage and determine whether it can be attributed to the accident, the Director of the Office will, if necessary, commission an expert opinion. The doctor responsi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Stamp duties proper

Article 916 A

Cheque forms that do not meet the characteristics of being blocked in advance and non-transferable by endorsement mentioned in Article 85 of Act no. 78-1239 of 29 December 1978 are subject to a stamp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-40

The flat-rate tourist tax is payable by landlords, hoteliers and owners who accommodate the persons mentioned in article L. 2333-29 for consideration as well as by other intermediaries when these pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Surveillance

Article R1322-43

The programme of analyses for monitoring natural mineral water includes a main part defined in article R. 1322-41 and an additional part defined by the operator according to the hazards identified in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article R626-52

The thresholds set pursuant to Article L. 626-29 are: 1° 250 employees and 20 million euros in net sales; or 2° 40 million euros in net sales. These thresholds are assessed on the date of the applicat…

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