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Showing 641650 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 General Tax CodeIn force
2: Rules specific to the 1970-1974 five-yearly review

Article 1515

…or property.2. The decisions taken by the committee are notified to the tax authorities and to the mayors of the municipalities in the department. The mayor shall have the said decisions posted in ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-22

When the AIF acquires, disposes of or holds shares in a company whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union and whose shares are not admitted to trading on a regulated m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Health department

Article R1424-24

The health subdirectorate carries out, at a minimum, the following missions:1° Monitoring the physical condition of firefighters;2° Carrying out professional and fitness medicine for professional fire…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-24

The owner of the patent may at any time either renounce the patent in its entirety or one or more claims, or limit the scope of the patent by amending one or more claims.The request for renunciation o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: EC declaration of conformity.

Article R5221-24

As part of the EC declaration of conformity procedure, the manufacturer shall draw up technical documentation making it possible to assess the conformity of the in vitro diagnostic medical device with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1503

…nd the communal direct tax commission draw up the list of reference premises referred to in article 1496, determine their weighted surface area and establish the corresponding assessment rates. The ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single subsection: Public policy.

Article L3141-24

I.-The annual leave provided for in article L. 3141-3 gives entitlement to an allowance equal to one tenth of the total gross remuneration received by the employee during the reference period. To dete…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-24

Production aid may not have the effect of bringing the total amount of public financial aid: 1° For feature-length cinematographic works, audiovisual works and video games, to more than 50% of the fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorisations

Article R6132-24

I.-Where the regional hospital grouping agreement provides for the transfer, with or without modification, of the location of healthcare activities or heavy equipment subject to the authorisation prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXa: Declaration by management companies of venture capital mutual funds, professional investment funds, partnerships and venture capital companies

Article 242 quinquies

I. - The management company of a fonds commun de placement à risques or a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or the manager of a société de libre partenariat whose regulations or articles o…

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