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Showing 431440 of 44559 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 November 2002 · Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Ad hoc mandate.

Article R611-19

…concerned, and shall set the terms of his remuneration in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this chapter.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Tax reduction for dependency expenses

Article 199 quindecies

…n establishment providing long-term care, mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 6143-5 of the Public Health Code, and including accommodation, for people who do not live independently a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers

Article R131-19

The prosecuted sworn goods broker is summoned to appear by the public prosecutor at the judicial court.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets

Article R236-19

I.-Where the first paragraph of Article L. 236-27 is applied, the draft partial asset contribution agreement shall contain the information referred to in Article R. 236-1, with the exception of the in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R4021-19

…cy for Continuing Professional Development are subject to the obligations laid down in Article L. 1451-1, Article L. 1453-3 and the first paragraph of Article L. 4113-13. In the event of failure to co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-19

…nt or on a voluntary basis by the company. On the basis of analytical accounting, this distribution may however be subject to a modulation determined by the agreement on objectives and resources menti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Participation of private healthcare professionals in the work of public health institutions

Article R6146-19

…employed professional fails to honour his commitments, the director of the health care organisation may terminate the contract, either on his own initiative or at the request of the director of the re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article D431-19

The competent authority's decision on the application for the visa provided for in 5° of article R. 431-16 is notified to the foreign national in writing as soon as possible and at the latest within n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-199-1

…as defined by the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004, in particular the part of its Annex IAS 24 entitled "Purpose of related pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 quater

For the allowances and pensions mentioned in 1 and 5 of Article 12 of Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684/EC of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament s…

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