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Showing 27912800 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 B

…tax year. It is not due the year the unit is commissioned.The annual rate of the tax is set at €19,405 per megawatt installed. This amount is revalued each year in line with the forecast rate, associ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-152

…e, to the collection of the following fees: Service number the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 151 Certificate of legality for mergers 377.31 € 152 Certificate of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L783-7

…pplicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-1 with the exception of its second paragraph Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L784-7

…rticles In their wording resulting from L. 621-1 with the exception of its second paragraph Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Classifications

Article L2241-15

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet, at least once every five years, to examine the need to revise the classifications. These negotiations s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Parental presence leave

Article R1225-15

For the application of article L. 1225-62, the particular seriousness of the illness, accident or disability and the need for a sustained presence and constraining care are attested by a medical certi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-15

…the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 4425-7, supplemented, for operations, by the operation number. The chapters entitled "Unforeseen exp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Crystalline silica

Article R4412-154

Where the risk assessment identifies the simultaneous presence of respirable dusts containing crystalline silica and other non-silicogenic respirable dusts, the occupational exposure limit value for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Crystalline silica

Article R4412-155

In the formula set out in article R. 4412-154, the following definitions apply: 1° Cns, the concentration of non-silicogenic respirable dust in mg/m³, which corresponds to the difference between the t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Control of biological limit values.

Article R4724-15

Analyses to check compliance with the biological limit values set by decree are carried out by a body accredited in this field.

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