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Showing 50715080 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 235

…services, previously paid and those payable in the place where the new port of registry is located.2. The same rule applies to any ship which has been registered in a territory of the French Republic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-26

…arest hundredth. The number of days taken into account for the additional remuneration mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 4163-7 is equal to the following product: Number of points used/10 X 60/ worki…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Terms of office for members of the urban community council

Article L5842-27

I. - Articles L. 5216-4 and L. 5216-4-2 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5216-4:1° The words: "of Chapter III of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

The work permit provided for in Article R. 5221-1 is waived for: 1° Nationals of the Member States of the European Union, the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 287

…procedures and boundaries of the zone and specifies the operations that will be authorised therein. 2. The decree establishing the free zone grants it to one of the local authorities or public establi…

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

Article 216

…cluding the tax credit, received: 1° By a company that is a member of a group mentioned in articles 223 A or 223 A bis by virtue of a holding in another company that is a member of that group; 2° By a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231

1. Sums paid as remuneration to employees are subject to a tax at the rate of 4.25%. The sums taken into account are those used to determine the basis of assessment for the contribution provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-20

In undertakings and groups of undertakings within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 with at least three hundred employees, as well as in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings within t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-252

…y at the time of its registration: 1° The company name, followed, where applicable, by its acronym; 2° The legal form, specifying the company's legal personality and its legal personality; 3. 2° Its l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article D4132-2

…than or equal to 10,000 for regions comprising more than five départements or less than or equal to 20,000 for regions comprising no more than five départements; 2° Between 10,001 and 20,000 for regio…

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