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Showing 14211430 of 44553 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 June 1968 · Cass. com. 11 March 2008 · Cass. com. 12 July 1982 · Cass. com. 17 April 1953 · Cass. com. 4 December 1968 · CA Versailles 14 September 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-17

In the event of late payment of contributions and late filing of wage declarations used as a basis for contributions, contributions due and unpaid or corresponding to declarations not filed on time wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-3

With a view to the application of the therapy mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2131-4-1, cells from the umbilical cord blood of the child born from the transfer of the embryo in utero ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1416

…taxed on the initial roll are entered on a supplementary roll which may be levied no later than 31 December of the year following the year of taxation.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-148

At each committee meeting, the co-chairmen shall decide which of them shall have the casting vote in the event of a tie.If one of the co-chairmen is absent, he shall be replaced by another member of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123

…es, the taxable event is deferred to the time of the first negotiation of these securities. In this case, the taxable income is determined by the negotiation price.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rendering of accounts and liquidation of profits.

Article 1268

The application for the rendering of an account shall be brought, as the case may be, before the court within whose jurisdiction the accounting officer resides or, if the accounting officer has been a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 bis

…0:1° Failure to submit to the administration or to keep the accounts mentioned in 6° of Article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and services;2° Failure to submit the documents mentioned in the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Exit

Article R552-14

When the person has not left the place of accommodation by the date mentioned in Article R. 552-12 or, where applicable, by the end of the period stipulated in Article R. 552-13, the manager implement…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Calculating individual income

Article 117

…unt of distributions as it results from the declarations of the legal entity referred to in Article 116, the latter is asked to provide the administration, within thirty days, with any additional info…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-12

The provisions of Article L. 4523-11 do not apply to establishments comprising at least one basic nuclear facility in which the managers of external companies and representatives of their employees ar…

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