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Showing 34113420 of 20828 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 Mar. 1988 – no. 86-16362

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-1

For the application of articles L. 2152-1 and L. 2152-4, companies are considered to be members, whether or not they employ salaried staff, if they pay a membership fee, in accordance with the rules l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XVIII: Contribution on the transfer to a television service of the rights to broadcast sporting events or competitions

Article 302 bis ZE

…o a publisher or distributor of television services within the meaning of Articles 2 and 2-1 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication (1) of broadcasting rights to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-1

…The amount of the business tax compensation allowance pursuant to IV and IV bis of Article 6 of Act no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986 amending the Initial Finance Act for 1987;3° The estimated amount of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-7

…ation de compensation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de Article 6 of Law no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986, as amended, on the initial finance law for 1987;- the estimated amo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-5

…ivil action alone shall be brought before the Criminal Appeals Chamber. The articles 380-14 and 380-15 are not applicable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-16

…st of the debtor, under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 631-15.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L812-9

…ision, inspection and discipline of judicial administrators set out in articles L. 811-11 to L. 811-15-1 are applicable to judicial representatives. The national registration commission sits as a disc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prohibited and regulated commercial practices

Article R132-2

…ntions. Repeat offences are punishable in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 du code pénal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-5-1

The guide values defined in article R. 1321-3-1 and the vigilance values defined in article R. 1321-15-1 must be met, for water supplied by a distribution network, at the point where, inside premises…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-4

…323-14-3 are consolidated and sent to the body mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 4163-15. The procedures for consolidating and transmitting this data are defined by order of the minister…

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