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Showing 56815690 of 23918 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 8 February 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L752-16

…olumn of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with the exception of 2°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Food, advertising and promotion.

Article L2133-2

…orce on the date of publication of the decree referred to in the second paragraph, and by 1 January 2017 at the latest. Failure to comply with this article is punishable by a fine of €37,500, which ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to compensation for personal injury and property damage.

Article A421-1

…u Central Français des Sociétés d'Assurances contre les Accidents d'Automobiles, headquartered at 118 rue de Tocqueville, Paris, represented by Henri Chatel, its Chairman. IT WAS NOTED THAT : a) Laws…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article R6323-3-1

…who has worked at least half of the legal or contractual working time over the year is topped up by 800 euros for that year, up to a maximum of 8,000 euros. II. - In order to benefit from this increas…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 C

…d, as the case may be, either under corporation tax or under the conditions provided for in Article 8 of this Code, insofar as it is not taxed in another State.The first paragraph of this article shal…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-2

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: While the State responsible for examining the asylum application is being determined and for the purposes of enforcing the transfer decision

Article L751-4

…the provisions of articles L. 572-7, L. 732-1, L. 732-3, L. 732-7, L. 733-1 to L. 733-4 and L. 733-8 to L. 733-12 shall apply.However, for the purposes of the second paragraph of article L. 732-3, ho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-14

…her cases. This period applies without prejudice to articles L. 1233-24, L. 1235-7-1 and L. 1237-19-8 of the Labour Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-50

…s case, within three days of publication of the offer document referred to in III of Article L. 621-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the offeror shall forward it to the employer making the offer,…

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