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Showing 42914300 of 20574 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 July 2001 – no. 97-20018

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-3

…egions: 1° The proceeds of fines from automatic speed cameras pursuant to Article 41 of Finance Act no. 2007-1822 of 24 December 2007 for 2008; 2° The regional fund for development and employment purs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…es the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispos…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-6

…g of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 only on or after the liquidation of positions relating to such financial contracts or deri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-32

…article L. 621-31 is formed by the persons listed in the same 1°, in accordance with the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. Only persons in the categories listed in the same…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and entitlement to aid

Article R5141-1

…ial Security Code. This exemption may be combined with the allowances mentioned in article 9 of law no. 98-657 of 29 July 1998 on the fight against exclusion; 2° The repayable advance provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expressing the wishes of patients refusing treatment and patients at the end of life

Article L1111-11

…directives are kept on a national register which is processed automatically in accordance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. When they…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…ch the declaration must be filed.The processing mentioned in the second paragraph is subject to law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.II. - For the pur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-2

…under the provisions of Article R. 4411-73 of the Labour Code;7° The label provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article R6323-3-1

…applicable, to the Commission paritaire interprofessionnelle régionale mentioned in article L. 6323-17-6, following an adversarial procedure and in accordance with the terms and conditions specified i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 214

…rofits which is distributed to workers under the conditions provided for in 3° of article 33 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production; 3° (Repealed) ; 4°…

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