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Showing 39513960 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1840 G

…ditional registration duty, and, in addition, an additional duty equal respectively to 30%, 20% and 10% of the reduction granted depending on whether the breach is noted before the expiry of the tenth…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-11

…The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of the average annual turnover, calculated on the basis of the last three annual turnover figure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-21

…d unfit in the event of termination by the employer in breach of the provisions of Articles L. 1226-10 and L. 1226-11 or the second paragraph of Article L. 1226-20.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-3

By way of derogation from articles 16-10 and 16-11 of the Civil Code, when the person is incapable of expressing his or her wishes, the examination or identification may be undertaken for medical purp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-11

…2-3 to L. 1322-7, as well as damage caused by work carried out under articles L. 1322-8 and L. 1322-10.In the cases provided for by articles L. 1322-3 to L. 1322-7, the compensation due by the owner o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-14

…141-1 , one unit of account of which is made up of shares in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10, the insurance company shall inform the policyholder(s) and members of the company's intention to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-13

…141-1 and comprising units of account made up of shares in a company referred to in Article L. 160-10 of the company's intention to adopt the system referred to in that same Article. Each subscriber…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Information provided at the time of implementation

Article L2312-57

…ormation available to the employer, the breakdown of capital between shareholders holding more than 10% of the capital and the position of the company in the branch of activity to which it belongs.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-7

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 4122-1-2 and L. 4123-10 and VI of article L. 4124-11, when the number of vacant seats no longer enables a quorum to be reached, the President of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-26

…expenses;5° Promotion and marketing expenses;6° Subtitling or dubbing expenses;7° Overheads, up to 10% of the expenses mentioned in 1° to 6°.

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