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Showing 30413050 of 21445 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e 15 janvier 1997 n° 94-22154

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D3421-2

…ection of the special budget of the police prefecture. These instalments must be paid no later than 15 February, 15 May and 15 August. The balance of the contribution due in respect of the financial y…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39

…ccused person and the member of the college mentioned in the third paragraph of I of Article L. 621-15 or his representative appointed pursuant to this provision may be heard by the rapporteur at thei…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-2

…Industry under the following conditions: "I. The electoral roll commission provided for in article 15 of Order no. 2005-43 of 20 January 2005 shall have the electoral cards drawn up by the Prefect an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-5-1

The institutions referred to in this chapter shall indicate in their annual report the amount and characteristics of the loans they finance or distribute that meet the definition referred to in III of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 I

The contribution for the repayment of the social debt to which sales of precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques are subject is established, controlled and collected in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of national police judicial police officers

Article A13

The technical examination for national police judicial police officers provided for in article R. 5 of the present code civil servants in the management and application corps with at least three years…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: New tourist units.

Article L342-6

The rules governing new tourist units are set out in Articles L. 122-15 to L. 122-25 of the French Town Planning Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…ovisions of Book II in their wording, for their application , resulting from Decree no. 2017-338 of 15 March 2017;3° The provisions of Book III with the exception of Articles R. 326-1 to R. 326-7 ;Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Consequences of a company leaving the group or ceasing to be a group company

Article 223 R

In the event that one of the companies mentioned in the fifth paragraph of Article 223 B in the wording in force for financial years commencing before 1 January 2019, indirect subsidies that arise fro…

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

Article L1615-1

…ary 2021 under the different payment schemes applicable to beneficiaries as defined in Article L. 1615-6. However, this automated processing procedure does not apply to the capital expenditure referre…

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