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Showing 21212130 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 General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A quater

I. - (Repealed)II. - 1. The public establishment of intercommunal cooperation resulting from the merger pursuant to article L. 5211-41-3 of the General Local Authorities Code or, when the perimeter of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L311-25

Articles L. 211-36-1 to L. 211-38 of the Monetary and Financial Code do not prevent the application of measures imposed in application of the provisions of this section.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-2

The State guarantee under Articles L. 431-4, L. 431-5, L. 431-9 and L. 431-10 of this Code gives rise to the payment of remuneration by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance. The terms and conditions for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-4

…the profit for the financial year as shown in each of the separate accounts defined in Article R. 431-16-3 of this Code, after deduction of the share of dividends and the allocation to the legal and r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

…e Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, with one account for transactions carried out under Articles L. 431-4 and L. 431-5, one account for transactions carried out under Article L. 431-9 and one account fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-25

…taire judiciaire shall be allocated a fee determined by an order made pursuant to Article L. 444-3: 1° For the contestation of claims other than wage claims, per claim whose admission or rejection has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 G

…ebt based on income from assets is established, controlled and collected in accordance with article 15 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the repayment of the social debt.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-25

…e scénario, after consultation with reading committees in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-25

The application for EC type-examination shall include: 1° The name and address of the manufacturer or importer; 2° The place of manufacture of the machine or personal protective equipment; 3° The tech…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-25

…y, or social and medico-social monitoring activities carried out under the conditions of Article L. 1110-4, by :1° A health professional, health establishment or health service ;2° A professional or o…

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