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Showing 29212930 of 61564 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 October 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 February 1976 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 June 1982

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L743-12

…tributed by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. All funds collected for this passbook are centralised by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-2

…torage components (HDD - SSD); b) Display devices; c) Batteries; d) Power connectors; e) Chargers ; 2° No later than two years after the date on which the first unit of a model is placed on the nation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

I. 1° Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions made under the same conditions as t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6a : Inventory of fixtures, rental charges and taxes

Article L145-40-2

…of the works it plans to carry out over the following three years, together with a forecast budget; 2° A summary statement of the works it has carried out over the previous three years, specifying the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Platform Players' Council

Article R7345-12

…y. It is made up of: 1° Representatives of the organisations of platforms mentioned in Article L. 7343-24 ; 2° Representatives of the organisations of platform workers mentioned in Article L. 7343-4;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Implementing provisions

Article R4313-12

…stry and consumer affairs lay down : 1° The content of the declaration of conformity for machinery; 2° The model of the declaration of conformity for personal protective equipment; 3° The content of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-2

…bcontractor due to damage affecting a work or items of equipment of a work mentioned in articles 1792 and 1792-2 are prescribed by ten years from acceptance of the work and, for damage affecting those…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2-4

…uthority of a pharmacist, to assist in carrying out :1° The activities defined in 6° of Article R. 5126-9 ;2° The reconstitution of radiopharmaceutical medicinal products;3° Putting ready-to-use radio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prevention and occupational health services common to undertakings constituting an economic and social unit.

Article D4622-12

…l unit has been recognised between separate undertakings under the conditions set out in article L. 2322-4 and the number of employees monitored reaches or exceeds 500, an occupational health and prev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-12-1

The owners, or failing that the operators, of built-up buildings shall have them inspected for the presence of asbestos; if asbestos is found to be present, they shall have a diagnosis made of the sta…

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