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Showing 51315140 of 22708 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 9 Jan. 1985

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20-1

…ext three financial years, of the income from taxes of all kinds mentioned in 5° of article L. 5422-9, without prejudice to the provisions of the next Finance Acts and Social Security Financing Acts.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets

Article R236-19

…on referred to in Article R. 236-1, with the exception of the information referred to in 4°, 7° and 9°. II.-Where the second paragraph of Article L. 236-27 is applied, the draft agreement shall contai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-76

…ly provided, at their request, to the persons in charge of the audits referred to in Article L. 821-9. To this end, they shall keep a copy of these documents or agree with the statutory auditor of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Capping of certain fees

Article A444-175

For the application of article R. 444-9, the notary shall calculate the sum of the fees set by sub-sections 1 and 2 of this section, relating respectively to the deed of transfer of immovable property…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article R5141-7

…hs and who do not belong to the categories mentioned in 2° and 3 ;5° The persons mentioned in 4° to 9° of Article L. 5141-1 ; 6° The persons mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5141-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-32

…health establishment's in-house pharmacy in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 5126-9 ;4° It ensures the elimination of hospital waste.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Criminal provisions

Article L1419-1

The provisions of articles L. 1454-7, L. 1454-9 and L. 1454-10 are applicable to the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 1414-4. The provisions of the following paragraphs of this…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-19

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overdraft authorisation repayable within a period of more than one month and less t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article R211-4

…ion to a land motor vehicle does not constitute, within the meaning of articles L. 113-4 and L. 113-9, an increase in the risk covered by the contract insuring that vehicle.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing

Article L236-52

By way of derogation from Articles L. 223-30 and L. 225-97, the decision on cross-border conversion is taken by the general meeting of shareholders under the conditions required for amending the Artic…

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