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Showing 28112820 of 21105 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 octobre 2002 n° 93-20262

French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 464

…ean Union, shall be declared to the customs authorities under the conditions set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-6

…tter shall be processed in accordance with paragraphs 4 to 11 of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 as specified in Article L. 547-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 A bis

From 1 January 2012, municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of local authority groupings with their own tax status may exempt orchards, fruit crops of trees and shrubs and vines, each for its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-6

The rules relating to employee profit-sharing are set out in Chapter II of Title IV of Book IV of the French Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-948 of 26 November 1987 determining the public companies a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for exercising general powers

Article L2312-16

…it.On expiry of these periods or of the period mentioned in the fifth paragraph of article L. 2312-15, the committee or, where applicable, the central committee, is deemed to have been consulted and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-23

…cers are appointed from among the persons mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of Article R. 15-33-29-21, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Environment, on a pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article R163-1

…or inducing, by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for the payment of a sum in excess of 15 euros, the delivery of one or more cheques for an amount less than or equal to 15 euros is punish…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Direct production allowances for parity between women and men

Article 211-82

The amount of the direct allocation is equal to 15% of the amount invested.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6414-3

Article R. 6145-15 does not apply to Mayotte.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…ority. He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984…

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