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Showing 44114420 of 20660 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 Nov. 2003 – no. 00-10382

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…s committees mentioned in article R. 5315-5 ; 12° The annual activity report and the social report; 13° The initial budget, employment authorisations and any amendments thereto; 14° The annual account…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Preliminary provisions

Article R92

…on and audiovisual broadcasting of judgments, rulings and court orders incurred pursuant to article 131-35 of the Criminal Code;9° Expenses resulting from acts carried out for the execution of judicia…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R771-1

…de droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LEUR REDACTION R. 711-2 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 712-2 to R. 712-11 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 201…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

…equal to or exceeding the amount fixed by regulation above which they must be in writing (11) (12) (13) (14) (11) The content of public contracts subject to the obligation to be in writing, as well as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L613-49

…8-1 or the European Central Bank may refer the situation of a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 to the resolution college of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution with a view…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1521-1

…to R. 1110-14 are applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1215 of 2 October 2020 relating to the procedure applicable to refusal of care and abusive…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies BA

…levy collected by the public inter-municipal cooperation establishments mentioned in II of article 1379-0 bis is equal to the share mentioned in 5° of I of article 1379, by the fraction defined in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

…20. NEP-620 Intervention by an expert Introduction 01. Pursuant to the provisions of article L. 823-13 of the French Commercial Code and Article 7 of the profession's Code of Ethics, the statutory aud…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…ed for more than twenty years and is located in the districts mentioned in II of article 9-1 of Law no. 2003-710 of 1 August 2003 on town planning and urban renewal and in the priority neighbourhoods…

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