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Showing 22712280 of 22749 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 March 2011

French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…'Etat.This article does not apply to investments made before the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2011-1977 du 28 décembre 2011 de finances pour 2012, nor to operations for which the issue of an app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative police measures

Article R784-7

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-30n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-30-1No. 2014-1357 of 13 November 2014R. 612-31n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-31-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to markets of national interest installed on the private property of a local authority and to those installed on buildings belonging to private individuals.

Article R761-25

The occupants of markets of national interest installed on an outbuilding of a local authority's private domain may only be leaseholders. In the event of delegated management of the national interest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Adjudication

Article L211-21

Voluntary or forced public auctions of financial securities shall be conducted, if the securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, by the investment services providers which are members…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-6

Amendments to public contracts are forwarded to the prefect or sub-prefect accompanied, where appropriate, by the deliberations authorising them.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-40

The authorisation may be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-36 and R. 15-37. The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may, for the purposes of withdrawing autho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Behaviour in the event of an accident or incident

Article R4141-18

Workers assigned to one of the tasks listed in article R. 4141-15 receive training in what to do in the event of an accident or disaster.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX ter : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land and development establishments in French Guiana and Mayotte

Article 1609 B

…the public establishment within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of article 46 of law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012. For the first year for which the public instituti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-92

…ent with the information given in the summary of product characteristics defined in article R. 5141-15 ;5° Periodic safety update reports: periodic reports containing information recorded in accordanc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-33

…contracts entered into by the State and a small or medium-sized enterprise mentioned in article R. 2151-13, this rate is 3%.

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