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Showing 21712180 of 20648 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 16 July 1998 – no. 96-18404

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-7

For the determination of the expenditure incurred by the State in 1998 in respect of training initiatives for young people under the age of twenty-six pursuant to II b of Article 82 of Law no. 83-8 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262 bis

The single services mentioned in III of article 257 ter are exempt from value added tax for the part of these services relating to services performed outside the European Union.(Cf. Instruction 1996-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-97

Each partner may, at any time, inspect for himself the documents referred to in Article R. 743-96, as well as all registers and accounting documents required to be kept by the legislative or regulator…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Principles and means of prevention

Article R4412-110

Depending on the levels of dust defined by articles R. 4412-96 and R. 4412-98, the employer shall provide workers with personal protective equipment appropriate to the operations to be carried out and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article D441-1

…he references to which they correspond in Annex II of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 concerning the sub-indices of the harmonised indices o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Municipal police

Article L2573-18

…tions provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 2212-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2212-2 law no. 2014-1545 of 20 December 2014 L. 2212-2-1 law no. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: FIAs open to non-professional investors

Article L742-8

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-28 Order no. 2013 676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-29 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-24-30 Order no. 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-8

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-28 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-29 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-24-30 Order no. 201…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1499-00 A

…tal value of property available to businesses that meet the conditions set out in article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and craft industries.Ar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3381-1

…by the State with an administrative public service mission, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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