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Showing 60516060 of 23918 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 8 February 2017

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-1

When the Minister responsible for the economy intervenes on the basis of article L. 490-8, he is exempt from representation by a lawyer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

…Occupational exposure limit value Occupational exposure limit value Comments Transitional measures 8h (3) short term (4) mg/ m3 (5) ppm (6) fibres per cm3 mg/ m3 ppm fibres per cm3 Ethyl acetate 205-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-155

…ll as associations in the event of death which could not be liquidated due to the absence of death; 8° The method of payment of contributions to associations in the event of death, which must be payab…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-9

The provisions of articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-8 do not apply to loans granted to a natural person acting for professional purposes or to a legal entity engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Taxation of capital gains realised on the sale of movable or immovable property or rights for valuable consideration

Article 200 B

…ticle 244 bis A when they are due by members of companies or groupings that come under the articles 8 to 8 ter or by holders of units in real estate investment funds mentioned in l'article 239 nonies,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4132-7

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 4124-10-1, L. 4132-8 and L. 4132-8-1, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance of the Ordre des Médecins comprises eight full members and eight alternate mem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-92

…30 September 2021 compared with the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 30 September in 2017, 2018 and 2019, less the aid granted pursuant to Articles 916-25 to 916-33 and the amounts of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Harvesting

Article 407

…tions provided for in the European regulations adopted for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-6

…resale or use of certain devices or categories of devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 is prohibited or regulated; 4° The arrangements for market surveillance of the same devices…

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