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Showing 38313840 of 20606 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 July 1991 – no. 89-20169

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236 ter

…ions of the amended law of 27 September 1941 regulating archaeological excavations, the amended law no. 76-629 of 10 July 1976 relating to the protection of nature and the law no. 76-1285 of 31 Decemb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-1

…professional trade unions and the associations of employees or employers governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or, in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

…ook I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to combat the epidem…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…nsurance (Solvency II) in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-6

I. - On an experimental basis and for a period of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-4-1

…l, agreement or authorisation, mentioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, the bidder shall consult the administrative…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-15

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or lega…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-4

…withstanding the provisions of this chapter, and notwithstanding the provisions of Law 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-3

…ermine the number of representatives in this last category, the fifth paragraph of article 5 of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 on the democratisation of the public sector may be waived. With the excep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-64

…n carrying out the activities listed in article R. 1423-55 under the conditions laid down by decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 setting the conditions and procedures for payment of expenses incurred b…

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