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Showing 28512860 of 36024 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 September 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 6 December 2005 · CA Paris 22 November 2007 · Cass. com. 15 January 2002 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 December 2005

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394 D

…their own tax status may, by deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis of this code, exempt from property tax on undeveloped properties, for their share, for the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XX: Tax on financial transactions

Article 235 ter ZD

I.-A tax applies to any acquisition for consideration of a capital security, within the meaning of Article L. 212-1 A of the Monetary and Financial Code, or an equivalent capital security, within the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-13

…ts opposition, the employer claims that the reimbursement of unemployment benefits was ordered in a case where such a measure is excluded by law, the court shall refer the case back to the court that…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398 A

…pings of municipalities with their own tax system on non-built properties classified in the 2nd and 6th categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and included…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Appeals against the decisions of the person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority

Article R412-15

The time limit for appealing to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions by the person in charge of missions under the authority of the national plant variety authority is one month. Where the appe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-22

I.-In the cases provided for in article L. 224-25-20, the consumer shall inform the trader of his decision to cancel the contract. For contracts referred to in II of article L. 224-25-2 and for bundle…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-15

…the guardianship judge or the family council, which is competent to authorise it, depending on the case. The insurer must also give notice without formality to the guardianship judge, at least fiftee…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-15

The execution studies enable the work to be carried out. Their purpose, for the work as a whole or for the public contracts concerned alone, is to:1° To draw up all the execution plans and specificati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-15

…f the human body used on French territory are imported from a State in which one or more of the medical biology analyses mentioned in article R. 1211-14 are not performed, they are accompanied by a bi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-15

…se the points registered on the professional prevention account under 1° to 4° of I of article L. 4163-7 is made online by the account holder on the website dedicated to this purpose, in the form and…

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