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Showing 46114620 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-16

…compiled. After this period, the files are transferred to the national archives. These departments may, however, keep a copy of extracts from the anonymised files with a view to carrying out experime…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-16

…ember is convicted of a criminal offence or is struck off the roll of doctors, he or she is automatically excluded from the cooperative. When the company has more than two members, the exclusion of a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 817

A person who is undivided as to enjoyment may request the division of the undivided usufruct by way of segregation on a property or, if this is not possible, by way of licitation of the usufruct. Wher…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1665 bis

…m of these benefits and, on the other hand, the amount of the relevant tax, resulting from the application of 1 to 4 of I of article 197.For the application of the second paragraph of this article, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Solidarity between spouses and partners in a civil solidarity pact

Article 1691 bis

…y are subject to joint taxation;2° Council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling where they live under the same roof.3° De la taxe d'aménagement et d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

I.-Par délibération prise dans les conditions prévues au VI de l'article 1639 A bis, les organes délibérants des communes ou des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-2

…implicit rejection of the request provided for in the previous article, the judicial police officer may lodge an appeal with a commission composed of three judges of the Court of Cassation holding the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-16

…conditions under which the definitive price will be determined, within the limit of a ceiling that may be revised;2° The deadline by which the definitive price must be set;3° The accounting rules wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16

In the exercise of their powers, the sentence enforcement courts may carry out or have carried out, throughout the national territory, all examinations, hearings, investigations, expert reports, requi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Appropriation of profits of Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-16

Each year, Caisse des dépôts et consignations pays the French State a fraction of the net income from its proprietary activities, after payment of a contribution representing corporate income tax, set…

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