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Showing 16111620 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 General Tax CodeIn force
C: Cadastral changes and changes affecting the tax debtor

Article 1404

…tax, the tax relief for this assessment is granted provided that the obligations set out in article 1402 have been complied with. The tax payable by the legal taxpayer for the same year is assessed in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L744-11

…e shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-14

…nsation in a joint, reasoned decision, or decide to continue investigating the claim. In the latter case, the minister responsible for the environment refers the matter to the prefect, who initiates t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conference of conciliators

Article R141-14

In the event that a conciliator breaches the obligation of secrecy provided for in article L. 141-4, or any other behaviour incompatible with the performance of his duties, the Board of Directors of t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2332-12

In cases where electronic transmission is an option given to candidates or tenderers and in those where it is compulsory, the purchaser shall ensure the confidentiality and security of transactions, i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Marriages. Dissentiment of parents

Article 1129

Subject to the provisions of

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-17

…des sages-femmes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, as well as its powers and responsibilities, are identical to those of the departmental councils of each of these orders. At the time of the first election…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-17

…sation, the authorisation may be suspended or withdrawn under the conditions set out in Article L. 6122-13. When the provisions of the last paragraph of this article relating to the continued suspensi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Modification of the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts and the transfer of the registry of mixed commercial courts.

Article R743-176

…icers who have not yet been replaced or their successors, other than those mentioned in article R. 743-169, as a result of changes in territorial jurisdiction, shall, in the absence of agreements betw…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Royalties payable for oil pipelines (R).

Article R3333-17

…fee payable to a département for the occupation of its public domain by pipelines transporting hydrocarbons or chemical products is set by deliberation of the département council after consulting the…

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