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Showing 191200 of 31208 articles for Art. Cass. com. 21-6-2017 n° 15-17.059

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Conditions relating to the amount of remuneration paid to authors, performers and producers

Article 211-19

Production companies may not invest the sums entered in their automatic cinema production account for the production of feature films or benefit from the selective financial aid provided for in sectio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…es titres d'indemnisation prioritaires et des titres d'indemnisation créés en application de la loi n° 78-1 du 2 janvier 1978 relative à l'indemnisation des français rapatriés d'outre-mer.21° Les avan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-21

The application for authorisation or renewal of authorisation to carry out the activities of importing or exporting gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations must be sent with a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals volunteering in France

Article L426-21

A foreign national who carries out a voluntary service assignment in France with a foundation or association recognised as being in the public interest, or an association that is a member of a federat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-15

The asylum seeker may attend the personal interview accompanied either by a lawyer or a representative of a human rights association, an association defending the rights of foreign nationals or asylum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Banking intermediaries

Article L571-15

Any natural person who engages in the business of intermediary in banking and payment services without complying with the obligation set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 519-2 is liable to two…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L4312-15

Nurses practising their profession jointly and receiving a fixed fee per patient are not subject to the prohibition on fee-splitting within the meaning of this Code.These professionals are not deemed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger.

Article R214-153

The draft terms of merger and the auditors' report on the terms and conditions of the transaction are attached to the notice of meeting sent to shareholders at least fifteen days before the date of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger.

Article R214-152

No later than one month before the date of the first General Meeting called to vote on the transaction, a notice of the proposed merger is published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Merger.

Article R214-154

A shareholder who is not entitled to a whole number of shares on the basis of the exchange ratio may obtain a fractional share refund or pay in cash the additional amount required to allocate a share.…

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