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Showing 151160 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6262-26

…finds that there are no or insufficient appropriations to cover it, it gives formal notice to the local authority or its public establishment concerned to make the said appropriations available by mea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-26

…finds that there are no or insufficient appropriations to cover it, it gives formal notice to the local authority or its public establishment concerned to make the said appropriations available by mea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to hold financial instruments in custody

Article R774-26

Article R. 542-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

…rs domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-26

The mayor prescribes that the sweeping of ovens, furnaces and chimneys in houses, factories, etc., The mayor orders, if necessary, the repair or, if necessary, the demolition of ovens, furnaces and ch…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-26

Sworn merchandise brokers sell and buy back merchandise in the event of non-performance of a contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration of subcontracting at the time of the tender

Article R2393-26

Notification of the contract implies acceptance of the subcontractor and, where applicable, approval of its terms of payment.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to economic and financial control

Article R112-26

…economic and financial control by the State under the conditions laid down by decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955. An order of the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget designates the aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-26

An intern may be placed on leave of absence by the Director General of the university hospital centre to which he is attached in one of the following cases: 1° Accident or serious illness of the inter…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-26

…nal studies and reconnaissance, and to determine its main characteristics;2° To propose a topographical layout of the main works;3° To propose, where appropriate, a breakdown into construction phases…

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