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Showing 671680 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1396 bis

I.-In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on undeveloped properties sold from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2025 by a public entity to illegal occupiers of land is subject to a reduction for the th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-137

…registration or authorisation application file that affects the interests referred to in Article L. 1333-7;3° Any extension of the area covered by the initial declaration, registration or authorisatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Amending entries

Article R521-13

An application for an amending entry shall be made to the Registrar who made the initial entry, even if the place of registration, the registered office, the principal place of business, the place whe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R1432-136

…days. The committee then sits validly regardless of the number of staff representatives present. It may not be called upon to deliberate again using the same procedure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R6143-13

Members of the Supervisory Boards who fall under the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in article L. 6143-6 shall resign from their office. Failing this, they shall be declared to have re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contribution of the armed forces health service to other public health initiatives

Article R6147-134

The departmental mobilisation plans mentioned in article L. 3131-8, the zonal mobilisation plan mentioned in article R. 3131-6 and the system mentioned in article L. 3131-11 include the measures speci…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-13

Trade unions may register their trademarks under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 2134-1 and L. 2134-2 of the Labour Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-13

…agraph of Article L. 622-2 is supplemented by a sentence worded as follows:"One or more liquidators may be appointed to it under the same conditions. "

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-13

…th the départements and regions, for the collection and treatment of household waste.Municipalities may transfer to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or to a mixed syndicate eithe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employers' groups.

Article L1255-13

…0 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500. The court may also order, as an additional penalty, the posting of the judgment at the expense of the convicte…

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