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Showing 36413650 of 22652 articles for Art. Cass. com. 10 October 2000

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-186

The authentication provided for in article 56 of the aforementioned decree no. 2009-1193 of 7 October 2009, as well as legalisation as part of a separate application to the land register, gives rise t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-71

…submit the form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 October 2021 at the latest.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration

Article D6153-1-8

…f Article R. 6153-1-7 are: 1° Where applicable, the allowance provided for in 1° of Article D. 6153-10-1; 2° Where applicable, the allowances linked to on-call duty performed under the conditions prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-5

…gement of reception areas and rental family sites defined in 1° to 3° of II of Article 1 of Law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 on the reception and housing of Travellers; 7° Collection and treatment of h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-5

…t decisions that have become final, agreements entered into prior to the promulgation of the loi n° 2000-1208 du 13 décembre 2000 relative à la solidarité et au renouvellement urbains et qui seraient…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 decies A

…which the application for relief provided for in article 234 decies was formulated before 1 January 2000.II. - The taxpayers mentioned in I are entitled to a tax credit equal to 2.5% of the base amoun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-177

…olidation of several registration applications, pursuant to Article 85 of Decree no. 2009-1193 of 7 October 2009 18.86 € Application to the land registry judge to withdraw an application for registrat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-8

…in so far as they are compatible with the aforementioned Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to concession contracts for public passenger transport services by rail

Article R3222-1

…ed to in 11° of Article L. 3212-4 are governed, for their award and performance, by Decree no. 2019-1083 of 24 October 2019 on the procedures for awarding and performing public service contracts for p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-8 AND A. 713-11)

Article Annexe 7-2

…ON OF MEMBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pdf?id=Z…

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