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Showing 6170 of 44559 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 November 2002 · Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 octodecies

…satory allowance under the conditions and according to the procedures defined in articles 274 and 275 of the Civil Code over a period, in accordance with the divorce agreement by mutual consent taking…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 199

…and, where applicable, the lawyers of the other parties, by a judgment delivered in chambers, which may only be appealed to the Supreme Court at the same time as the judgment on the main application.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for ships.

Article 192

…e number of crew and passengers and the presumed duration of the voyage, the customs administration may require the shipowners or captains to have these quantities determined by the commercial court o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19

I.-As an exception to the provisions of Article 3 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Committees for the Protection of Individuals are subject…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 5: Freedom of establishment

Article L211-19

In order to establish themselves in France, all nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are subject to the registrati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-19

…the apprentice obtains the diploma or qualification being prepared for, the apprenticeship contract may be terminated, at the apprentice's initiative, before the term initially set, provided the emplo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-19

The thresholds above which the court appoints an administrator to administer the business are identical to the thresholds set by article R. 621-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-19

The employee loses his right to compensation if he refuses to carry out the work requested of him by his company, when this work can be carried out during the bad weather, particularly in the workshop…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-19

…acquire a craft business within one year of completing the training course, reimburse the State for 50% of the training course costs: 1° Either when State aid is limited to holders of a savings passbo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-19

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the convicted person's lawful habitual residence is located. Failing this, the public prosecutor at the Paris judicial court has jurisd…

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