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Showing 53515360 of 23863 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 February 1960 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 July 2000

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-14

For the application of Article L. 3661-12, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be written back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the sale of a fixed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71-1

…for health and social security and, for the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12, to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, indicating the s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 quater

…The remuneration, increases and elements of remuneration mentioned in I and III of article L. 241-17 of the social security code are exempt from income tax, under the conditions and limits set out i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Consultation of automated data processing for the purposes of customs controls

Article 67 sexies

…ing out the activities mentioned in 4.2 of Annex 30a to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 estab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information for holders

Article L224-7-1

…hey have subscribed to during their lifetime. The online service mentioned in III of article L. 161-17 of the Social Security Code provides access to this information at any time. A directory is creat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-5

…e carried out under mobile electronic surveillance, using the procedure provided for by article 763-12, if the person is indicted for an offence punishable by more than seven years' imprisonment and f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-33

…e texts below are extracts, for their entirety, refer to the various codes concerned" of article L. 121-2 of the Highway Code, articles L. 130-4 (paragraph 8), L. 330-2 (paragraph 14) and L. 419-1 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

…e not required for communities of communes existing on the date of publication of Law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 on the strengthening and simplification of inter-communal cooperation, or resulting fro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article L548-6

…etion, including in the event that the intermediary in participative financing ceases its activity; 12° In the case of an equity financing project referred to in 4° of Article L. 1611-7-1 of the Gener…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-153

…ts, according to the following scale:Base scales Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 3.870% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.596% From €17,000 to €60,000 1.064% Over €60,000 0.799%2° In the case of estimates and leas…

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