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Showing 64316440 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804

Infringements are punishable by a tax fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products: - to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-25

…first and second paragraphs of article L. 2122-8, the first and third paragraphs of article L. 2122-10, of articles L. 2122-12, L. 2122-15, L. 2122-16, the second and last paragraphs of article L. 212…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-2

…bligatoires, prior to any publicity measures, of a notice drawn up in accordance with Article R. 22-10-3 concerning the issue of shares when the company is formed or, in the third paragraph of Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-3

…s;7° Energy;8° Tourism;9° Creation and organisation of community services and public establishments;10° Hire of land motor vehicles.However, the State remains competent to lay down, in the matters men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-1

…3° to 5° are chosen from the national list of medical accident experts mentioned in article L. 1142-10 or from one of the lists instituted by article 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to le…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guidance and Supervisory Board

Article R514-32

…s whose net balance sheet value is greater than or equal to the lower of the following two amounts: 10% of the fund's net fixed assets or 1% of its balance sheet total;2° Any acquisition of assets for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public advertising

Article R5122-4

…al substance; 9° Could lead, through a detailed description of symptoms, to a false self-diagnosis; 10° Misuse, frightening or deceptive visual representations of changes in the human body due to dise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use of funds by skills operators to pay for work-linked training, personal training accounts and skills development for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article L6332-14

…n. These levels of funding take into account the recommendations of France Compétences mentioned in 10° of article L. 6123-5 with regard to cost observation and levels of funding. The levels of reimbu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of the payer's payment service provider

Article L722-9

…beneficiary for a period of five years. VII - Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 722-10, the payer's payment service provider shall not carry out any transfer of funds until it has ensu…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

…cellation of the registration which has become superfluous, once the debtor has discharged his debt.10. The procedures for the application of this Article and in particular the forms and deadlines for…

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