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Showing 35213530 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 Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-161

…ion of which is determined by the Autorité. Within three months of receiving the file, the Autorité may object to the transaction if it appears to be contrary to the interests of the policyholders of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Business value added tax

Article 1679 septies

…contribution for the year preceding the year of taxation exceeds €1,500 must pay:- no later than 15 June of the year of taxation, a first instalment equal to 50% of the business value added contributi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-17

…egional development schemes provided for in articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 et L. 4433-16, the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, under the conditions set out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-172

…se particulars shall be accompanied by the documents provided for in articles R. 214-143 and R. 214-175, to which may be added the report of the contributions auditor; 3° The dates on which the accoun…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis

…its paid in the form of a lump sum taxable in accordance with b quinquies of the 5th of article 158 may, at the express and irrevocable request of the beneficiary, be subject to a deduction at the rat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-16

…und shall also be entitled to claim from the debtor of the compensation : on the one hand, interest calculated at the legal rate from the date of payment of the compensation where this has been fixed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-16

…I of Article L. 441-10, II of Article L. 441-11, Article L. 441-12 and Article L. 441-13;b) Not indicating, in the terms of payment set out in I of Article L. 441-1, the information provided for in II…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-164

…rests held by the forest savings company, up to a limit of 10 hectares, are subject to simple notification to the general meeting of shareholders:1° Normal management operations to improve forest parc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-17-1

…is in favour of granting a sentence adjustment measure requested by the sentenced person, he or she may address written submissions to the sentence enforcement judge asking him or her to grant this me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-17-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 612-4, R. 612-19 and R. 612-48, a patent application may only contain more than one independent claim of the same category (product, process, device…

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