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Showing 20912100 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
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

1. In the event of a merger or demerger of companies, the allocation of securities, sums or values to the members of the transferring company in consideration for the cancellation of the securities of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-12

Clinical investigations may only be carried out in a place that has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the clinical investigation and compatible with the safety requirements of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-12

The offences which may give rise to the issue of a European arrest warrant are, under the law of the issuing Member State, the following: 1° Offences punishable by deprivation of liberty for a period…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Purchases for resale

Article 1115

…time limit given to the first purchaser applies to each of these persons.(Paragraph no longer applicable)For the application of the undertaking to resell, transfers of rights or property into a trust…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-8

…ion intends to refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber pursuant to the provisions of Articles 140, third paragraph, 148, sixth paragraph, or 148-4, his request is made, in the forms provided for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-14

The decision of the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of article 4 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-179

…n accordance with the table below: Description of service Fee a) Acts and formalities taken in application of article 221 of the law of 1st June 1924 implementing French civil legislation in the depar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1450

…e up between farms. However, these provisions do not apply to the production of seeds and seedlings carried out via third parties when the business carries out, during the reference period defined in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment income

Article R343-14

In the case of undertakings authorised to carry out the transactions referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and supplementary occupational pension funds, in the event of the sale of securities valued i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-14

…of the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the execution of the agreement and, where applicable, the expert, according to the diligence involved in carrying out their mission. Their remunera…

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