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Showing 52815290 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-2

…ithout dispossession with the exception of the pledges mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 2338 of the Civil Code;2° Contractual pledges of shares in civil companies, limited liability compan…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2429

…the Consumer Code, or if the mortgage is accompanied by a reloading clause provided for in Article 2416, the term of the registration is at most fifty years on the day of the formality. If the due da…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater N

When the settlor of a trust defined in Article 2011 of the Civil Code does not carry on an activity falling within the articles 34 or 35, an agricultural activity within the meaning of article 63, a p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-26

…the place of conviction, when it has been decided: 1° The revocation of a probationary suspension; 2° The extension of the probationary period or the early declaration that a probationary suspension…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 270

…the basis of returns filed by taxable persons in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 287.It applies to taxable sums and all items used to calculate the tax rounded to the nearest euro;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Training.

Article L1442-2

For the purposes of the training provided for in article L. 1442-1, employers shall grant employees of their company who are members of an industrial tribunal leave of absence, which may be divided in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 sexies

…ome tax or corporation tax respectively, to the financial year in which they are received and paid. 2. The provisions of 1 apply to late payment penalties relating to receivables and debts arising fro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of the Steering Committee

Article R1221-24

…mmittee is three years, renewable. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 1221-2 as well as the provisions of article R. 1221-10 are applicable to the members of the Policy Co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-28

…der of a neighbouring right in a performance, phonogram, videogram, programme or press publication ;2° It shall ensure that the implementation of technological protection measures does not have the ef…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

The pharmacists in charge or delegated pharmacists referred to in article L. 5142-1 and the interim pharmacists referred to in article R. 5142-26 are entered on the register of section B or section E…

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