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Showing 221230 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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-1

Credit institutions and finance companies disclose in their annual reports the return on their assets, calculated by dividing their net profit by their balance sheet total.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651

…ast the rank of divisional inspector or regional inspector. For the matters referred to in articles 1651 A and 1651 B, one of the taxpayers' representatives is a chartered accountant.The president has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Provisions common to the commissions referred to in Articles 1650 to 1652a

Article 1653

…payers and departmental councillors and the secretariat of the commissions provided for in articles 1651 to 1651 M are set by decree (1).(1) Annex III, art. 345 to 348.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Investigation procedures in the event of an accident

Article A322-164

In addition to informing the Prefect of the département, the operator of the establishment must inform the Minister for Sport, within forty-eight hours, of any serious accident occurring in the establ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-17

…rader has fulfilled his obligations under this subsection, under the conditions set out in Articles 1219 and 1220 of the Civil Code. The provisions of this sub-section are without prejudice to the awa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III : Income for the year in which you acquire a residence in France

Article 166

When a taxpayer previously domiciled abroad transfers his domicile to France, the income whose taxation is entailed by the establishment of domicile in France is only counted from the day of that esta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Provisions specific to insurance and reinsurance undertakings covered by the Solvency II regime

Article R322-167

…nce requirement referred to in VII of Article L. 322-2 shall be assessed in accordance with Article 258 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, without prejudice to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-161

…d disabled people aged under thirty who are unemployed on the date the contract is signed and who : 1° Either do not hold any qualifications from the initial training system ; 2° Hold only a vocationa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-164

I.-Employers covered by the eighth paragraph of article L. 5134-111 who : 1° Offers the holder of a job with a future a prospect of lasting qualification and professional integration ; 2° Belongs to a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-165

The future employment contract is concluded in the form of, depending on the case : 1° In the case of an employer mentioned in 2° or 3° of Article L. 5134-111, a fixed-term employment support contract…

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