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Showing 37413750 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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-12

The Regional Director of Cultural Affairs, who may be represented, reports on the dossiers.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-12-1

…is set for a period of three years. It is financed by a compulsory contribution, the rate of which may not be less than 1%, deducted from the functional allowances received by council members under t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Types of practice.

Article L743-12-1

A natural person holding a commercial court registry may not employ more than two salaried commercial court registrars. A legal entity holding a commercial court registry may not employ a number of sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-12-1

…of French Guiana benefit each year from an individual right to training calculated in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office within the limit of a ceiling and the annual amoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-12-1

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Operating rules.

Article D214-32-12

…the assets whose disposal would not be in the interests of the shareholders pursuant to Article L. 214-24-33, and the new SICAV have the same portfolio management company, the same custodian and the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-122-1

…he majority required to approve one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Conditions, procedures for issuing authorisation and related obligations

Article D1-12-3

The approval referred to in article D. 1-12-1 may only be issued to victim support associations which, on the date of the application for approval, have been able to demonstrate for at least one year…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-12-3

…commune wishes to dispose of a property transferred from a commune section pursuant to articles L. 2411-11 to L. 2411-12-2 within a period of five years from the date of publication of the transfer o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…corresponding to the classification in the second or third category provided for in the article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code;The products in question consist of the difference between, on the…

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