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Showing 611620 of 36923 articles for Art. Cass. com. 21-4-2022 n° 20-16.295

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: National police services

Article R15-21

The creation or abolition of the services referred to in the preceding articles is decided by decree when their territorial jurisdiction exceeds the limits of a department. It shall be decided by orde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of seats

Article R2314-21

Where two lists have the same average and only one seat remains to be filled, this seat is awarded to the list with the greater number of votes. Where two lists have the same number of votes, the seat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3512-21

I.-Cigarette paper, cigarette-rolling paper and the filter wrapper are all one colour. The manufacturer may choose between two shades of colour for the filter wrapper. II -An order of the Minister for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20

Unless otherwise stipulated:1° The authorisation to telecast a work does not include the retransmission of that telecast, however the provider of the retransmission service obtains that work and whate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater

…e equipment, materials or appliances, uses another company, under a subcontract governed by the loi n° 75-1334 du 31 décembre 1975 relative à la sous-traitance.2. A joint order by the ministers respon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-20

Those who meet the conditions set out in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 321-18 are eligible to sit the examination for admission to the training course mentioned in 4° of that article..

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-22

The limit provided for in article 211-21 is raised to 70% for difficult or low-budget cinematographic works that do not benefit from the tax credit for delegated production expenses for cinematographi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Simplified accounting presentation.

Article D123-200

For the application of articles L. 123-16 and L. 123-16-1:1° In the case of micro-enterprises, the balance sheet total is set at 350,000 euros, the net turnover at 700,000 euros and the average number…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-205

I.-When a holder of a home hospital care authorisation and a home autonomy service mentioned in 1° of Article L. 313-1-3 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles take care of the same patient,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20-1

I.-An information system for research involving the human person enables: 1° Exchanges between sponsors and committees for the protection of individuals. To this end, it receives requests for advice f…

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