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Showing 111120 of 47213 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 May 1992 · Cass. com. 19 November 1975 n° 74-10.116 · CAA Nantes 26 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 February 1979 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 16 January 1985 · CA Paris 17 January 2008

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-26

…h the requirements of the same article; 2° Placing on the market football, handball and hockey goal cages and basketball goals that do not comply with the requirements of article R. 322-23 of this Cod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-26

…nt authority of the issuing State by any means which leaves a written record so that that authority may produce its observations. Any part of the amount of the penalty recovered, in whatever manner, i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 septvicies

I. - 1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of l'article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2012, a new home or a home in a future state of completion benefit from an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 tricies

…articles L. 321-8 of the French Construction and Housing Code, for which the date on which the application for approval is registered by the Agence nationale de l'habitat is between 1 March 2022 and 3…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 sexvicies

I. - Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B can benefit from an income tax reduction for the acquisition, from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2022, a new dwelling or a dwell…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administration.

Article R322-26

…nce companies are chosen either from among civil servants in accordance with Decree no. 52-49 of 11 January 1952 relating to the status of State representatives on the Boards of semi-public companies,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-19

…te by any means that leaves a written record.Where it is impossible to execute the freezing order because the property has disappeared, has been destroyed, has not been found at the location indicated…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-6

…equal to or less than two hundred points for men and two hundred and fifty points for women on the scale corresponding to the "distance" ranking set by the International Ski Federation are deemed to h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-6

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Antilles-Guyane order of masseur-physiotherapists are responsible for masseur-physiotherapists practising in French Guyana…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-6

The information provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 7124-1-5 is delivered by any means to the child's legal representatives by the administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1.

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