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Showing 891900 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1496 bis

…application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all residential premises and premises for professional use in the municipality will be va…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L4111-1

…Health, social and medico-social establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, as well as public law health co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4153-9

The establishments listed inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, other public sector employers and private sector employers fina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the European Company.

Article L2354-4

…ns initiated prior to the registration of the European Company or in application of article L. 2353-28 et seq., new negotiations shall be initiated under the conditions set out in Chapter II. In this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-10

…able, for the application of the procedures provided for in Articles D. 523-23-1, R. 532-25, R. 532-28 and R. 532-29.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-111

…cle R. 4451-64; 2° Zone demarcation under the conditions set out in Articles R. 4451-22 and R. 4451-28; 3° The checks provided for in section 6 of this chapter.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-18

The category A and B environmental inspectors referred to in article 28-3 are referred to as judicial environmental officers.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission of information on the number of acts of downloading, consultation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-54

…f cinemas in which the package will be accepted; 3° The commitments made by virtue ofarticle L. 212-28 and, where applicable, the criteria and conditions for implementing the indexation referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-7

…employee participation is election, the procedure is carried out in accordance with Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-34 and L. 225-80 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of the territoriality requi…

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