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Showing 18911900 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-16

…or associations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23, inform their employees or agents of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article D3332-16-1

…unt sent to beneficiaries by the administrative account registrar, as provided for in article L. 3332-7-1, includes : 1° Identification of the company and the beneficiary; 2° The total amount of right…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis G

…ditions defined in II to III is taxed under the conditions laid down in Article 150-0 A and in 1 or 2 of Article 200 A.By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph, the aforemention…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Removal of goods made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique

Article R512-16-5

The provisions of article R. 512-16 are applicable to these levies.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-16-1

…justified by the particular situation of the sentenced person, to apply the provisions of article 723-15 and this sub-section, these do not apply to imprisonment resulting from a decision by a senten…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral and burial regulations.

Article D2573-16-1

I. - Articles R. 2213-2-2 to R. 2213-57 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to XXV. II. - For the application of article R. 2213-2-2 : 1° The words: "provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-1 A

When serving in the operational reserve of the national police or in the operational reserve of the national gendarmerie, civil servants of the national police and military personnel of the national g…

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

Article R212-7-16

A copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Commission Départementale d'Aménagement Cinématographique is sent by post within one month to each member of the Commission, as well as to the Direction Rég…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7 : Dissolution of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-166-1

The threshold mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-248 is equal: a) Where the applicable legal and regulatory provisions do not impose a minimum share capital on the company due to its…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A bis

…f taxation, and other than those instituting the household waste removal tax mentioned in article 1520 or the development tax mentioned in article 1635 quater A must be taken before 1st October in ord…

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