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Showing 40514060 of 36260 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 May 1998

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-105

…icipalities with a population of more than 20,000 and less than or equal to 100,000;PR = (0.686 P - 19,498) euros for municipalities with a population of more than 100,000,where P represents the undup…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262-00 bis

…n application of the treaty relating to the creation of the Republic of Cyprus, signed on 16 August 1960, for their use, for the use of the civilian staff accompanying them or for supplying their mess…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-1

…project to outsource a service to a third party or to extend an activity, as referred to in Article 19 of the aforementioned Regulation, it consults the Banque de France.III. - The operating rules of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…4-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1988, as amended, and r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…y contributions;6° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to the servic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article R2241-4

…ent of jobs in companies in the sector, taking into account foreseeable changes in its professions; 19° The conditions under which employees benefit from the professional interview devoted to their ca…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-4

…a press release informing the public of the reasons for and the operative part of the decision. It may also order one or more corrective notices to be published at the expense of the convicted person…

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

Article L1221-8-1

Blood and blood components may be used for research purposes, whether or not they have been collected by the Etablissement Français du Sang. In this case, the research is carried out using samples tak…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-23

The sale price of the property and any sums paid by the purchaser for any reason whatsoever are deposited with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and acquired by the creditors participating in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-14

…decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The notification may be accompanied by a proposal for regularisation. In this case, the proposal is deemed to have be…

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