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Showing 111120 of 33529 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18-5-2017 n° 15-28.683

French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Competence of customs officers

Article 1825 H

Customs officers are competent to investigate, record and prosecute, as in matters of indirect taxation, offences in the following matters, insofar as they are governed by this Code or the Book of Tax…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18

The apprenticeship contract may be terminated by either party up until the end of the first forty-five days, consecutive or otherwise, of practical in-company training completed by the apprentice. Aft…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Protection of representatives

Article L7343-18

The procedures for applying this sub-section are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular the conditions for calculating the substantial drop in activity mentioned in article L. 7343-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-18

The continuation of the business may be authorised under the conditions set out in article L. 641-10 for a period that may not exceed three months, subject to the provisions applicable to farms. This…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-18

An employee benefiting from the bad weather unemployment scheme remains at the disposal of the company employing him/her at the time of the work stoppage throughout the period of inactivity on the sit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-18

The State covers the costs of training for holders of a savings passbook.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liability for offences

Article 1808

The hirer of an itinerant still distilling on behalf of a producer may be exonerated if he establishes that the failure to complete the formalities mentioned in 5° of article L. 311-39 of the code of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-18

The 1° and 2° of Article L. 1324-3, in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-9 of 5 January 2017, are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Simple livestock.

Article 1808

In the event of a dispute, the lessee is required to prove the fortuitous event, and the lessor is required to prove the fault he imputes to the lessee.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1822

The provisional closure of gaming house establishments may be ordered by the administration in the event of obstruction, impediment or resistance to the action of the agents responsible for recording…

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