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Showing 38613870 of 22260 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Oct. 2016 – no. 15-13.834

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-16

…he Metropolitan Lyon Council who request them, under the conditions provided for in article L. 3121-18, as well as to any interested party, under the conditions set out in article L. 3121-17. Transmit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Accounting of the Banque de France

Article R144-8

…he end of the financial year. Articles L. 820-3-1, L. 822-1, L. 822-3, L. 822-10, L. 822-17, L. 822-18, L. 823-1, L. 823-2, L. 823-3, L. 823-4, L. 823-5, L. 823-7, L. 823-8, L. 823-10, L. 823-12, L. 8…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28

…e, publish consolidated accounts, shall comply with the provisions of articles L. 233-16 and L. 233-18 to L. 233-27. In this case, when their annual accounts are certified under the conditions provide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-7

Failure to comply with the following provisions is punishable by a fourth-class fine: 1° Articles L. 1221-13, L. 1221-15 and L. 1221-15-1, D. 1221-23 to R. 1221-26, relating to the single personnel re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-2

…cle L. 311-2, n'est pas applicable; 6° A l'article L. 312-1, the words: "in Article 6 of Regulation 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016" and the words: "by Chapters…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-22

In the event of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the provisions relating to employee claims mentioned in Articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-17

If one of the cases set out in articles R. 1423-15 and R. 1423-16 occurs again during the same year, the second vacancy will only be filled at the time of the annual renewal provided for in article R.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 443

The measure terminates, in the absence of renewal, on expiry of the time limit set, in the event of a final discharge judgment or in the event of the death of the person concerned. Without prejudice t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 260 A

Local authorities, their groupings or their public establishments may, at their request, be subject to value added tax in respect of transactions relating to the following services: Water supply in mu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Limit values

Article R4453-3

…not exceed the following exposure limit values:You can consult the table in the facsimile of OJ nº 0182 of 06/08/2016, text nº 27 at the following address https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=J…

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