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Showing 19311940 of 20081 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 avril 2000 n° 97-21569

French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Agricultural accidents at work

Article 1033

…tle V of Book VII of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime reproducing those of the law of 9 April 1898 on accidents at work, are exempt from registration.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific solidarity allowance.

Article L5423-6

The rate of the specific solidarity allowance is revalued on 1st April each year by applying the coefficient mentioned in article L. 161-25 of the Social Security Code and is set by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-2

The reprocessing of single-use devices referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, their placing on the market and their use ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 duodecies

…e applicable to contributions and exchanges made after the promulgation of the Land Orientation Law n° 67-1253 of 30 December 1967.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-4

Under penalty of nullity, the issue of profit shares or founder's shares is prohibited. However, profit shares or founder's shares issued before 1 April 1967 remain governed by the texts relating to t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Animator" speciality

Article A212-46

The organisation of the "activity leader" speciality of the vocational diploma in youth, popular education and sport mentioned in article D. 212-21 is set out in the relevant order dated 27 April 2016…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Assessment of the project implementation method

Article R2212-8

The procedures for organising and operating the expert body referred to in Article R. 2212-7 are set out in Decree no. 2016-522 of 27 April 2016 on the infrastructure financing support mission.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Cash and cash equivalents

Article R6332-29

Cash in excess of the amounts available to a skills operator in application of articles R. 6332-27 is paid to France Compétences before 30 April of the year following the end of the financial year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains realised by companies

Article 248 E

…a company and are exchanged as part of the transactions referred to in 1° of l'article 5 de la loi n° 86-793 du 2 juillet 1986 ou au titre IV de la loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 modifiée, la pl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

…surers of the structures taken over by the Etablissement Français du Sang by virtue of B of article 18 of law no. 98-535 of 1 July 1998 relating to the reinforcement of health monitoring and control o…

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