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Showing 46914700 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 Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 E bis

…e taxable profit for that same financial year for their amount excluding tax after deduction of an 87% allowance.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-3

…ed and they are subject to more than one of the sentence reduction schemes provided for in articles 721,721-1-1 and 721-1-2, the regime that applies is that of the longest penalty incurred or, in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-7

…erve for students not paid for their studies and unemployed reservists; 5° (Repealed) 6° (Repealed) 7° (Repealed) 8° The procedures for the employer's objection to the reservist's absence mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-7

I. - Substantial changes to the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1243-6 are subject to prior written authorisation by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-71

…ent of the request and the nature of the information requested. In the case provided for by article 77-1-2, the report shall mention the prior agreement of the public prosecutor, which may be given by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-7

The orders provided for in articles R. 752-29-2, R. 752-29-3 and R. 752-29-6 are notified to the petitioner and, in the case of an application for planning permission equivalent to a business licence,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-7

…public at the clerk's office of the judicial court. "; 6° The references to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 are deleted; 7° In Article R. 14…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-7

Where a contract for the supply of digital content or digital services including a clause requiring compliance with a minimum performance period has been subscribed to by the consumer, the invoices dr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-7

…y on formal or procedural grounds of the deliberation instituting, on the basis of article L. 2333-87, a parking charge; 2° The illegality of the act by which, where applicable, the collection of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: School transport (R).

Article R1614-73

…the second paragraph of Article 30 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between municipalities, departments, regions and t…

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