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Showing 60216030 of 22188 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 Apr. 2021 – no. 18-13.763

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies E

…cial year. The benefit of the provision is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

…discrimination punishable by the articles 225-2 and 432-7 of the Criminal Code and the articles L. 1146-1 and L. 1155-2 of the Labour Code, when they are committed because of the victim's sex, family…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-5

…hone or fax numbers or the Internet address where the information provided for in article R. 513-10-14 is made available to the public. Where this is not practical, the addresses mentioned in 6° and t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-17

A foreign national who provides proof of at least five years' regular uninterrupted residence in France under a temporary or multi-annual residence permit or a resident's permit, stable and regular re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-17

The budget and the administrative account are made public. The place where they are made available to the public is the headquarters of the Corsican local authority. A brief, summary presentation outl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Management of funds received as compensation for group members

Article 849-20

…specific to the group of injured parties defined by the judge. Subject to the Article 240 of Decree no. 91-1197 of 27 November 1991, any sum received under Articles 68 and 74 of the aforementioned Act…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article A134-2

The provision for forward guarantees referred to in 11° of article R. 343-3 is established for each allocation sub-account. Its amount is equal to the difference, when positive, between the present va…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Guarantor guarantee

Article L752-8

…he wording resulting from L. 313-50 Act 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 313-50-1 to L. 313-51 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Guarantor guarantee

Article L753-8

…he wording resulting from L. 313-50 Act 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 313-50-1 to L. 313-51 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For the application of the articles mentioned in the table above…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers' College

Article R1441-8

…n of the number of seats in each section of each of the industrial tribunals, defined in article L. 1441-4, takes into account the number of member companies used to calculate the results presented to…

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