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Showing 14611470 of 30362 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 February 2006 · Cass. com. 20 November 1962 · Cass. 3e civ. 26 September 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 June 2018

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-20

…municipal public establishments.II. - They shall also apply, with the exception of article L. 1612-7 :- to departmental and interdepartmental public establishments;- to public establishments common t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-20

…the search. These samples are analysed in accordance with the procedures defined in article R. 1334-24. III -On completion of the survey, the person who carried it out draws up a survey report, which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions and allowances

Article L5424-20

…financed by a specific contribution payable by employers, including those mentioned in Article L. 5424-3 and employees in these professions, based on gross remuneration up to a ceiling, under conditio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to borough mayors, deputy borough mayors and borough councillors (R).

Article R2511-20

The provisions of articles R. 2123-1 to R. 2123-7, R. 2123-9 to R. 2123-11, R. 2123-12 to R. 2123-22-1-D et D. 2123-23-1 to D. 2123-25 are applicable to arrondissement mayors, deputy arrondissement ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-24

…eil d'Etat. Where the creditor has been released from foreclosure in accordance with article L. 622-26, the time limits only run from the date of notification of this decision; they are then reduced b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-20

…rtment, the coordination commission for actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing, the departmental co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-201

…dental surgeons performing a professional act under the conditions provided for in article L. 4112-7 or by an international agreement, whatever the form in which the profession is practised. They als…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 M

…year for which tax was assessed is determined in accordance with the rules set out in I of article 204 H. However, the income taken into account is made up of the sum of that which he or she has pers…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Article R122-20

…rm that they have produced as soon as they make them available to the disabled persons mentioned in 7° of Article L. 122-5. With regard to their technical characteristics, the costs of their preservat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-26-2

The request referred to in the third sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 611-7 is accompanied by the following: 1° The request for notice sent to the participating creditors, which reproduce…

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