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Showing 15511560 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Cooperation with a view to transfer

Article R581-16

…ion which is necessary to examine a transfer application other than that mentioned in articles R. 581-10 and R. 581-11 is requested or provided to the Member State of the European Union in which the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chargeability of the tax

Article 1635 quater G

The development tax is payable, depending on the case: 1° On the date of completion of the taxable operations. This date means the date of definitive completion of the operations within the meaning of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter VI: City of Paris

Article 1656 quater

…The provisions of this code applicable to communes, with the exception of I, IV and V of article 1636 B septies, apply to the City of Paris. For the application of these provisions: 1° The referenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article D5211-16

…bursement of the operating costs of the service made available in application of II of article L. 5211-4-1 is made on the basis of a unit operating cost for the service, multiplied by the number of op…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article R531-25

…usion on the list of countries considered as safe countries of origin, on the basis of Article L. 531-25, are published in the Official Journal of the French Republic and notified by the Minister resp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

…é de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has determined that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 are not fulfilled or have ceased to be fulfilled in order to ensure or restore, depending on t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-160

…s assets and liabilities by means of the demerger referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 214-118 to several undertakings for collective real estate investment or professional undertakings fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-25

…NDARD RELATING TO THE USE OF THE WORK OF A PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT INTERVENING IN THE ENTITY Introduction 1. Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 823-14, the statutory auditor may obtain any information…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-25

…ing resources of a commune that is a member of a syndicate by a percentage equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, in the case of a commune with fewer than 20,000 inhabit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-25

…ations are distributed under the responsibility of the responsible person referred to in Article R. 1243-12 or, where applicable, the person responsible for the activities referred to in Article R. 12…

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