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Showing 33113320 of 19635 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 23 Mar. 2011 – no. 09-66512

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Powers of the State representative in the département

Article L2215-1

…unes for the exercise of the powers mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 2212-2 and article L. 2213-23 ; 3° The representative of the State in the département has sole authority to take measures relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…Decision of the appointing authority setting the number of points awarded to the staff member. 210223. Bonuses and allowances (10) 1. Decision of the deliberative assembly setting the nature, conditi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Minimum rental value

Article 1518 B

…value for transactions between companies that are members of a group within the meaning of Article 223 A or Article 223 A bis;b. Subject to the provisions of a, 50% of its amount before the transactio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-4

…2-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation No 1889/2…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57-1

For the purposes of the second paragraph of Article L. 356-23, events presenting one of the following characteristics are at least considered as major events within the meaning of Article L. 355-5: a)…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-1

…ph of II of Article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed extension of the public establishment's perimeter is decided by the State represe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies A

…eration of a bi-fuel engine of type 1A as defined in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2011 of 25 May 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation and amendment of Regulation (E…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

…he policyholder's death; c) Cases provided for in the third to seventh paragraphs of article L. 132-23. For the application of these same paragraphs, the reference to the insured person is replaced by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-21

The professional practice standard relating to the audit of the opening balance sheet of the first financial year certified by the statutory auditor, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown belo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-4

I.-This article applies to the agreement mentioned in I of article L. 441-3 when it relates to mass-market products defined as non-durable products that are consumed frequently and repeatedly. The lis…

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