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Showing 54215430 of 37804 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 2e – 31 May 2018 – no. 17-17518

French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies) authorised to offer financial securities to the public

Article 239 septies

…ferred to in the first paragraph are determined under the conditions provided for in articles 28 to 31.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Fund for the adjustment of certain annuities awarded as compensation for damage caused by a land motor vehicle.

Article A431-9

…f the additional contribution to insurance premiums or contributions instituted by article 2 of law no. 74-1118 of 27 December 1974 is set at 2%. The provisions to be set aside each year by the fund f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-105

I. - The limit referred to in article L. 214-39 must be complied with on 30 June and 31 December of each financial year, at the end of the three-year period referred to in article L. 214-43.The manage…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-7

…ce of consular judges begins on 1 January of the calendar year following their election and ends on 31 December of the calendar year following the election of their successor.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Reception, catering, accommodation and maintenance in collèges and lycées.

Article R1614-40-6

…nal councils and the president of the executive council of Corsica shall transmit each year, before 31 March, to the education authorities, for each local public education establishment under their ju…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-9

…rs chosen from the sections or sub-sections of the National Universities Council governed by decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987, from among the full professor-researcher members governed by decree no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-34

…ies, as well as any information likely to enable the investigations provided for in article R. 4643-31 to be carried out properly. They shall send the Regional Committee a copy of the declaration of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-11

…schemes for audiovisual works.Cinematographic works for which a direct allocation has been granted may, by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, be consider…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-3

…f the contract and the transfer of the shares or proportional to the salaries. The sums distributed may not exceed 30% of the annual amount of the ceiling mentioned in article L. 241-3 of the Social S…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-10

…ged for the continuation of the business.The persons who will implement the plan, even as partners, may not have burdens imposed on them other than the commitments they entered into during its prepara…

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