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Showing 931940 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12

…An intercommunality grant, calculated in accordance with the procedures defined in article L. 5211-28; 2° Une dotation de compensation, calculée selon les modalités définies à l'article L. 5211-28-1.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-20

…e table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-6 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-10

I.-The contractual agents mentioned in article L. 1313-8 : 1° Are bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of title I of the general status…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 quater

I. - Economic interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in articles L. 251-1 to L. 251-23 of the French Commercial Code do not fall within the scope of 1 of article 206…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L911-5

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L734-8

…1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No 2011-1978 of 28 December 2011.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article D54

…prisons and remand prison quarters is determined by the provisions of articles D. 112-27 and D. 112-28 of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article R753-20

…le R. 321-3 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2015-1092 of 28 August 2015.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210

The provisions of this article apply to capital gains, other than those referred to in the second paragraph of II of article 238 octies, realised before the entry into force, under conditions set by d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entering sums in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-36

…hin the limits set out in the first paragraph of I of article 39 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, of a publisher of terrestrial cinema television services.

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