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Showing 37713780 of 47383 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 2012 n° 11-13.176 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 December 1996 · Cass. com. 18 February 1997 · Cass. com. 19 March 2013 n° 11-26.566 · Cass. 3e civ. 28 February 2012 n° 11-10.705

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285

…ates and basis of assessment, are laid down by an order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance.3. In application of Title II of Book III of Part Five of the Transport Code, a port duty may be lev…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-28

…ticles R. 441-24 or R. 441-26, the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 441-7 and half of the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-28

…to the previous paragraph, in the sole case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 145-18, the tenant must vacate the premises upon payment of a provisional indemnity set by the president…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-28

…ital medium, the signature process complies with the conditions of the second paragraph of article 1367 of the Civil Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-28

…industrial tribunal. They may be amended by the general meeting convened pursuant to article R. 1423-23 and, where applicable, by the restricted panel or the persons mentioned in article R. 1423-27.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R784-18

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-30-1n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 621-31No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n° 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G : Claim for refund of value added tax borne in another Member State

Article 289 D

…x borne in another Member State under the conditions laid down in Council Directive 2008/9/EC of 12 February 2008 laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directiv…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-28

The budgetary and accounting year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. The College shall adopt the Agency's provisional budget each year before the beginning of the financial year. The budget…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-28

…ial negotiating body has not taken the decision provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 2352-13, employee participation in the European Company is governed by the following provisions: 1° I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-28

I.-For the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° or 4° of article R. 5126-1, with the exception of army hospitals and the Institution nationale des invalides, the applicati…

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