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Showing 68916900 of 24422 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 Sept. 2011 – no. 10-21.623

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions.

Article R143-22

For the application of articles L. 143-2, L. 143-6, L. 143-10 and L. 143-13, the domicile declared is the domicile elected by the creditors in their entries.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Depreciation of assets acquired on expiry of a leasing contract

Article 239 sexies C

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED BEFORE 31 December 1995. The cost price of the asset acquired at the end of a leasing contract is increased by the sums reintegrated pursuant to articles 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-18

Where a deposit has been paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 529-10,the following provisions shall apply: If the deposit is not followed by a request for exoneration or a claim made in accordan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe B

…e; - reference to the decision giving rise to the entitlement, with article and paragraph of decree no. 90-437 of 28 May 1990 as amended or decree no. 2001-654 of 19 July 2001 which is being applied;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-11

In the absence of a written request from the owner of a copyright or related right and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its cont…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provision of digital content and services

Article L224-25-11

…of all or part of the price until the trader performs, under the conditions of articles 1219 and 1220 of the Civil Code; 2° Rescind the contract if, after giving formal notice to the professional to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-11

For life insurance and capitalisation contracts where a unit of account is made up of units in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10 or by a société civile de placement immobilier and subject to ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-11

The joint fund helps to finance the following activities, which constitute missions of general interest for the employees' trade union organisations and the professional employers' organisations conce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-7

The joint association referred to in article L. 1231-10 of the Transport Code may levy a payment intended to finance mobility services in an urban area of at least 50,000 inhabitants and in the multip…

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