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Showing 141150 of 23676 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re 20 septembre 2012 n° 11-13144

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Discounts

Article A444-202

…the proportional emoluments set out in this section within the limit of a maximum discount rate of 20% applicable to the portion of the emolument calculated on the portions of the base greater than o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the electronic challenge of fixed fines

Article A37-20

…accordance with the provisions of this article. Except in the cases provided for in articles A. 37-20-1 to A. 37-20-5, the dispute is made on the website www. antai. fr using the information on the f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

I. - The investment property companies referred to in I de l'article 33 de la loi n° 63-254 du 15 mars 1963 sont exonérées de l'impôt sur les sociétés pour la fraction de leur bénéfice qui provient de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

…ing the human person is filed by the sponsor on the information system mentioned in article R. 1123-20-1, which assigns it to a personal data protection committee under the conditions provided for by…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

…ir automatic account, delegated production companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'ima…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Genetically modified organisms

Article R412-20

…hs 1 and 3 of Article 21, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 24 and Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003, as amended, on genetically…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-20

…or the requirements of the Union harmonisation legislation mentioned in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-20

I. - Without prejudice to the provisions of the fifth and sixth paragraphs of I of article L. 312-20, deposits and assets held in dormant accounts as referred to in article L. 312-19 are deposited, af…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-20

A UCITS may not engage in short sales of the financial instruments referred to in Article L. 214-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Loading bays and ramps

Article R4214-20

Loading bays have at least one exit. If they are longer than 20 metres, they have an exit at each end.

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