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Showing 18811890 of 36097 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e – 30 May 2007 – no. 06-13268

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-24

…e, Articles L. 722-1 and L. 731-23 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, 4° to 6°, 11°, 12°, 23°, 30° and 35° ofArticle L. 311-3 of the Social Security Code and Article L. 382-1 of the Social Securi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article R214-63

For the companies referred to in the first paragraph of 1° of IV of article L. 214-30, the condition relating to the exclusivity of the holdings is met when the redeemable shares, equity securities or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work equipment that is new or considered new

Article R4312-1-1

…cles, under the conditions defined in Article 2.3 of this Regulation, and to Decree No 2005-1236 of 30 September 2005 on the rules, requirements and procedures applicable to agricultural or forestry t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Other control systems

Article R4451-135

…ed to in Article L. 1333-29 of the Public Health Code, to the agents referred to in Article L. 1333-30 of the same Code and to the agents of the prevention departments of the social security bodies al…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-21

…of a Member State of the European Union shall send the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by 30 April at the latest, a file in duplicate comprising the documents mentioned in article A. 822-20.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5423-5

…is not entitled to a substitute income. Where the beneficiary is entitled to a substitute income, a 30% deduction is applied to the average income for which this income is a substitute.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-5

The application for authorisation is deemed to be complete if, within 30 days of receipt, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé has not inform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products

Article R5431-2

…aph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, of a cosmetic product that does not comply with the rules lai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…diture relating to the transferred competencies.For beneficiaries of the fund who commit, before 15 May 2009 and, after authorisation from their deliberative assembly, by agreement with the representa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 decies A

…egistration duties provided for in articles 736 to 741 bis for the period running from 1 January to 30 September 1998, must enter, on the declaration provided for in article 170 relating to 1999, the…

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