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Showing 36113620 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Remuneration of the holder

Article R2213-3

The partnership contract may stipulate the conditions under which, each year, the sums owed by the purchaser to the contractor and those owed by the contractor by way of penalties or sanctions are off…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior information notice

Article R2331-3

For supply or service contracts, the prior information notice shall indicate the estimated total value of the requirement, for each of the categories of homogeneous products or services that the purch…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communicat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of posting

Article R1263-3

…licable, his individual tax identification number for the purposes of liability to value added tax; 3° The surname, first names, sex, date and place of birth, address of usual residence and nationalit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-318

…ce fitted by the anaesthetist and remove this device. III - Under the provisions of article L. 4151-3, the midwife is authorised to carry out the clinical and technical examinations prescribed by a do…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-5

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations defined in articles 63-2 to 63-4-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person placed in customs detention has the right to be examined by a doct…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-34

No later than the fifth working day following the filing of the conditions of sale, the liquidator notifies the parties of the date of the auction hearing by bailiff's deed. The date is set, at the li…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R1212-3

…e;2° A section of departments composed of the four presidents of departmental councils mentioned in 3° of article R. 1212-1 and four representatives of the State;3° A section of communes composed of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 30

Subject to the provisions of article 15-II, the gross income of buildings or parts of buildings which the owner reserves the right to use is made up of the amount of rent that they could produce if th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 34

…the fisherman or fishermen associated with an artisanal fishing company, as defined in article L. 931-2of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and subject to the tax regime provided for in article 8.

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