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Showing 39613970 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Responsibilities

Article L23-113-1

…tion of individual or collective disputes that have not been referred to the courts. The Commission may only intervene with the agreement of the parties concerned;4° To make proposals regarding social…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.

Article L811-11-1

…er the sole signature of the administrator or his duly authorised delegates. The statutory auditors may also, for auditing purposes, have access to the general accounts of the firm, to the procedures…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D71-113-4

The local authority may neutralise the depreciation charge for equipment grants paid and the depreciation charge for public buildings, less the amount of the annual write-back of equipment grants rece…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-110-2

The report provided for in article L. 71-110-2 describes, in summary form, the sustainable development situation of the local authority based on the assessments, documents and reports produced by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-11

…e in administering specific cancer drug treatments. For hospital at home facilities, this condition may be met by means of an agreement in application of the provisions of III of article D. 6124-197 r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition and mandate

Article L23-112-1

…odd number of seats to be filled, the difference between the number of women and the number of men may not exceed one.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-112-1

…e animal, on the animals or on one or more animals in the same batch. This examination or operation may be accompanied by or consist of a necropsy examination of one or more animals in the same batch.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-6

…heet total mentioned in 2 of the same article are determined in accordance with I of article D. 221-113-5.The data used to determine eligibility for the plan are those relating to the last financial y…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-3

I. - No person may engage in the activity of domiciliation unless they have first been approved by the administrative authority, prior to their registration in the Trade and Companies Register. II. -…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis A

…deemed to constitute distributed income subject to the withholding tax provided for in Article 2 of 119 bis any payment, up to the amount corresponding to the distribution of proceeds from units or sh…

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