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Showing 20312040 of 20071 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 octobre 1999 n° 97-16903

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-11

…the General Tax Code and in II ofArticle 59 of the Finance Law for 2000 (no. 99-1172 of 30 December 1999). The National Sports Agency may collect all types of resources from legal entities under priva…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to electronic signatures

Article A53-2

…ation and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/ EC, which is based on a qualified electronic signature certificate meeting the requirements…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 A

Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a general decision taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, exempt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

…t paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecution or proceed in accordance with articles 389 to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R2194-10

In the cases provided for in articles R. 2194-2 and R. 2194-5, where the contract has been awarded in accordance with a formalised procedure, the purchaser shall publish a modification notice. This no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-22

…ifference between the subscription price and the average of the prices mentioned in article L. 3332-19, by the difference between the subscription price and the sale price determined pursuant to artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-15

…allocate aid for professional integration, on behalf of the State in application of article L. 5134-19-1, they also rule on behalf of the State in the event of appeals lodged against these decisions.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-16

The annual agreement on objectives and resources provided for in article L. 5134-19-4 includes an appendix, the model for which is set by order of the minister responsible for employment, listing the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Information on the social conditions under which products are manufactured

Article D113-1

…s: 1° The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, opened for signature in New York on 19 December 1966; 2° The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, opened for…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to declare goods in detail, customs representatives.

Article 86

The conditions under which a customs representative may provide his services pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 estab…

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