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Showing 54415450 of 23918 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 8 February 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-7

…bers when deciding in section. When, pursuant to Article 12 of the aforementioned Act of 20 January 2017, a member does not take part in the deliberations of a section, he shall be replaced under the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-6

Where a decision has been taken pursuant to Articles L. 430-5, L. 430-7, L. 430-7-1, L. 430-8 or L. 430-9, the Autorité de la concurrence or, as the case may be, the Minister responsible for the econo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G : Claim for refund of value added tax borne in another Member State

Article 289 D

…alue added tax borne in another Member State under the conditions laid down in Council Directive 2008/9/EC of 12 February 2008 laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 septies

…in Articles 72 and 73 of Annex III to this code, taken in application of Article 52 of the law of 28 February 1934, are subject to value added tax at the rate of 2.1% in the departments of mainland F…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-4

…ws, ordinances and decrees passed before the entry into force of the Organic Law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 on statutory and institutional provisions relating to overseas France in matters falli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-13

…ial procedure for identifying deceased persons, provided for by Article 1 of Decree no. 97-109 of 6 February 1997 relating to the conditions for approval of persons authorised to carry out genetic fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2142-12

…ence de la biomédecine on the basis of the provisions prior to the entry into force of Act no. 2011-814 of 7 July 2011 on bioethics to carry out one or more medically assisted procreation activities,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quinquies

…usehold waste removal tax, the rental value of the built-up properties mentioned in I of article 1498 is corrected by a neutralisation coefficient.This coefficient is equal, for each tax and each terr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…ticle D. 223-2 is applicable in its wording in force the day after the publication of decree no. 2008-1419 of 19 December 2008. Articles R. 223-20-1, R. 223-24, R. 225-98 and R. 227-1 shall apply in t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R761-7

…the Swiss Confederation. "4° In Article R. 722-1, the words: "by Council Decision 2004/191/EC of 23 February 2004 setting out the criteria and practical arrangements for the compensation of the financ…

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