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Showing 631640 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 Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 173

1. In the cases referred to in Article 169-1 a, and subject to the derogation provided for in 2 below, goods imported under temporary admission must be, before expiry of the time limit and after havin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 B

…ere they are made by a legal entity, they are deemed to constitute taxable income from transferable capital of the legal entity established in France in proportion to the shares, units or financial ri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial organisational provisions specific to Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris

Article R6147-13

Within twenty-five days of receipt, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will forward the investment programme and the overall multi-year financing plan, together with his comments, to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-20

…ceases to fulfil the conditions or respect the obligations mentioned in 4°, 5° and 6° of article R. 7232-17 or who repeatedly fails to respect the obligations defined in article R. 7232-19 , after for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-201

The surgical care activity mentioned in 2° of article R. 6122-25 consists of the diagnostic or therapeutic management of patients requiring or likely to require an invasive or minimally invasive inter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-20

…rtment, the coordination commission for actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing, the departmental co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-201

…dental surgeons performing a professional act under the conditions provided for in article L. 4112-7 or by an international agreement, whatever the form in which the profession is practised. They als…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

…3 sont exonérées de l'impôt sur les sociétés pour la fraction de leur bénéfice qui provient de la location de leurs immeubles.II. - When, under the conditions set out in I of Article 11 of the 1985 Fi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Article R122-20

…rm that they have produced as soon as they make them available to the disabled persons mentioned in 7° of Article L. 122-5. With regard to their technical characteristics, the costs of their preservat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-20

…r small and medium-sized cinemas, the part of the aid awarded in the form of a grant corresponds to 7/12ths of the total amount of aid awarded and the part of the aid awarded in the form of an advance…

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