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Showing 33513360 of 33394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20 June 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 April 2004 · Cass. com. 13 December 1994 · CA Paris 17 September 2013

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 octies

…L. 255-19 of the Construction and Housing Code is subject to a rebate of up to 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 100% for the duration of the lease.To benefit from this deduction, the person liabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article L743-13

…IV bis of Book IV of this Code. No fees are payable by the natural persons mentioned in article L. 613-7 of the Social Security Code carrying on a commercial activity for formalities relating to regis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article R522-13

The standard regulation(s) provided for in Article L. 522-13 are drawn up and amended by the Fédération nationale des prestataires logistiques et des magasins généraux agrées par l'Etat and submitted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Maintenance, servicing and checks

Article R4224-17-1

…ensure that the owner takes the necessary measures to comply with :1° The provisions of articles R. 134-6 to R. 134-13 of the Construction and Housing Code relating to maintenance and technical inspec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-13

…e may be referred to the administrative court. As an exception to the provisions of article L. 4422-7, the rules of procedure are adopted by an absolute majority of the members making up the Assembly.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10a: Parallel distribution

Article R5121-136-1

…lel distribution in France of a proprietary medicinal product within the meaning of Article L. 5124-13-2, it shall inform the marketing authorisation holder of this intention and send the Director Gen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conference of conciliators

Article R141-13

…man of the conciliators' conference, in addition to the duties conferred upon him by article R. 141-7, is responsible for coordinating the work of the conciliators, ensuring the distribution of the ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Intellectual property services

Article A743-13

The service listed under number 137 of the table referred to in article A. 743-8 gives rise to the collection of the following fee: SERVICE NUMBER (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) SUB-CATEGORY BENEFI…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731 A bis

The late payment interest provided for in

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation, registration and declaration decisions

Article R1333-136

Where the protection of the interests referred to in Article L. 1333-7 so warrants, the Nuclear Safety Authority may at any time require the person responsible for the nuclear activity to comply with…

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