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Showing 63616370 of 22073 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 31 Mar. 2015 – no. 14-10.346

French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-11

…to legal aid of both parties or of one of them pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 20 of Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 relating to legal aid.Where applicable, the judge presents the requesting…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-2

I.-Where the contract expressly states that the option referred to in 2° of article L. 131-1 does not apply to the beneficiary, the notice sent by the contracting party to the beneficiary informing hi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

…under the first, third and fourth parts of the Transport Code , with the exception of articles R. 3315-4 and R. 3315-5, and punishable under: a) Articles R. 211-14 and R. 211-21-5 of the Insurance Co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Services relating to registers

Article A743-10

…6.69 € 49 Notification of updates to the main and secondary registrations of persons referred to in no. 40 8.93 € 50 Filing of annual accounts 5.58 € 51 Filing of annual accounts with confidentiality…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 B

…s and within the limits laid down for the business tax rate by this code in its wording in force on 31 December 2009, with the exception of 4 of I of l'article 1636 B sexies. Company property tax asse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…11° The internal regulations of the Board of Directors and its committees mentioned in article R. 5315-5 ; 12° The annual activity report and the social report; 13° The initial budget, employment aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…e company exploiting the medicinal product or product; 13° The words: "Authorised medicinal product No." followed by the national number identifying the presentation of the medicinal product referred…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279-0 bis

…tificate, as well as the invoices or notes issued by the companies that carried out the work, until 31 December of the fifth year following the completion of the work. The lessee is jointly and severa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Payment of council tax, property tax and the public audiovisual contribution due by individuals

Article 1681 ter

…he third monthly payment following the assessment of the roll.However, if the tax is assessed after 31 October, the balance is paid under the conditions set out in articles 1663 and 1730.Deductions ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8-1

…ousing benefiting from a decision to grant a subsidy or subsidised loan between 1 December 2005 and 31 December 2026, with the exception of new constructions financed by means of loans referred to in…

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