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Showing 25612570 of 20308 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 December 2012

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability

Article A814-3

…ectors of the guarantee fund instituted in Article L. 814-3, established pursuant to Article R. 814-18and approved by the Garde des Sceaux, Minister for Justice, is set out in Annex 8-4 to this book.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 duodecies

…in the first paragraph, this article is applicable to new investments brought into service until 31 December 2021, to renovation and refurbishment work on hotels, tourist residences and classified hol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-8-1

…dance with the good manufacturing practices mentioned in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and, until the adoption of the implementing acts mentioned by its paragraph 2, in Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…activity": the proportion of the activity of the professionals in a profession remunerated by fees; 18° "Regulated turnover of the profession": cumulative sum of emoluments received by the professiona…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-2

…s. This provision also applies in the event of a worsening of the loss.Articles L. 211-15 to L. 211-18 apply to these offers of compensation. Late or manifestly insufficient offers may entitle the vic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-39-2

…establishment of inter-municipal cooperation under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5211-18 or L. 5211-41-1 or the withdrawal of a municipality under the conditions provided for in articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Referral to the industrial tribunal

Article R1452-4

…red to the conciliation and referral office, those of articles R. 1454-10 and R. 1454-12 to R. 1454-18. A copy of the application and the list of documents sent by the applicant are attached to the su…

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

Article 211-93

…ratio between the amount of the aforementioned appropriations and the number of works which, at 31 December of the previous calendar year, met the conditions for receiving a direct allocation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° ter : Free transfer duties. Exemption for property and property rights located in Mayotte.

Article 1135 ter

…e property titles have been established by a duly transcribed or published deed between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2025.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Departmental accountant

Article L3342-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 201 of Law No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, the department's accounting officer is solely responsible for executing, subject to the controls…

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