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Showing 22812290 of 36097 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e – 30 May 2007 – no. 06-13268

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 decies

…le 266 sexies, members of the air quality monitoring organisations provided for by article 3 of law no. 96-1236 of 30 December 1996 on air and the rational use of energy, are authorised to deduct from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

…with regard to the energy and nutrient content of the diet, without prejudice to Articles 9, 16 and 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011…

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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 R214-15-2

…oned below, the latter is taken into account for the application of articles R. 214-15-1 and R. 214-30. These conditions are as follows1° By virtue of its presence, all or part of the cash flows that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-38

…et instruments which form part of their assets;2° Newly authorised general-purpose investment funds may derogate from articles R. 214-32-29, R. 214-32-30, R. 214-32-32 and R. 214-32-33 and 2° of artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-111

…mission is no more than 0.7 watts per square metre per degree Kelvin. For an ambient temperature of 30° C, the burial compartment's cooling system must enable an internal temperature of between 0° C a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-5

…ation groupings with at least one public health establishment among its members must be approved by 30 June of the year following the financial year to which it relates. This financial account is atta…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracting entities

Article L1212-4

…article L. 1212-3; b) The quantity of electricity used to supply the public network does not exceed 30% of the entity's total energy production, taking into account the average for the current year an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-45

…ety by means of a multi-camera technical device, the coefficients provided for in II are reduced by 30%. However, this reduction does not apply when the following three conditions are met:-the number…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts

Article R626-62

I. - For the purposes of V of Article L. 626-30 and Article L. 626-30-2, the holders of capital shall be allocated to one or more classes of affected parties and convened in accordance with the provis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R753-4

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 De…

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