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Showing 68416850 of 24422 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 Sept. 2011 – no. 10-21.623

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : The Metropolitan Council

Article L3631-3

Without prejudice to articles L. 3121-9 and L. 3121-10, the Metropolitan Council shall meet as of right on the first Thursday following its election.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation of a European holding company.

Article R229-16

The commissaires [supervisory auditors] responsible for the constitution of the société européenne holding company are appointed and carry out their duties in accordance with the conditions set out in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Recovery methods

Article R412-33

…cle 17, des paragraphes 1 à 4 de l'article 18, de l'article 19, des paragraphes 1 et 2 de l'article 20, Article 23(1) to (4), Article 24(1) and (2), Article 25(1) and (2), Article 27(5), Article 28(1)…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1522 bis

I. - The municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation may institute, under the conditions provided for in 1 of II of article 1639 A bis, an incentive portion of the t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health establishments responsible for psychiatric care without consent.

Article L3222-5-1

I.- Seclusion and restraint are practices of last resort and may only be used on patients in full hospitalisation without consent. They may only be used to prevent immediate or imminent harm to the pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A ter

I. - 1. The benefits defined in I of Article 80 bis and in I of Article 80 quaterdecies from a French source, give rise to the application of a withholding tax on the sale of the corresponding securit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-14

The chapters and articles of the budget of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation are defined by the decree mentioned in article R. 2311-1. The provisions of article R. 2311-1 relating…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article Annexe article A43-6

…C 1.5 -which is carried out between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.; C 1.5 10,67 € This allowance is €18.45, 2,200 FCFP when the assignment is carried out in New Caledonia, French Polynesia or the Wallis and Fut…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the dat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Application for release by the foreign national

Article L742-8

…e procedure provided for in articles L. 743-3, L. 743-4, L. 743-6 to L. 743-12, L. 743-18 to L. 743-20, L. 743-24 and L. 743-25.

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