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Showing 26512660 of 19671 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 juin 1990 n° 88-14444

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 ter A

…shares allocated to employees of sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière governed by the law of 26 April 1917 benefit from the provisions of I.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-1

…y in New Caledonia.Article L. 3421-5 is applicable in its wording resulting from Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R321-27

…ion for the entire duration of the training period set out in the first paragraph of article R. 321-26. It is interspersed with sessions of theoretical instruction. The trainee may ask the Conseil des…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47-5

For the kindergartens mentioned in the first paragraph of article 18 of law no. 2019-791 of 26 July 2019 for a school based on trust, the educational project mentioned in 1° of article R. 2324-29 of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…ions. Failing the conclusion of a company agreement within six months of the publication of the loi n° 2009-669 du 12 juin 2009 favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la création sur internet, et…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article L641-3

…an from French territory that became definitive before the entry into force of Act no. 2003-1119 of 26 November 2003 relating to immigration control, the residence of foreign nationals in France and n…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare.

Article R331-22-1

…he opinion and this event is included in the federation's calendar mentioned in 1° ofarticle R. 131-26;2° When the event is organised by an approved federation or one of its members and there is, in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

…applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system, subject to the following adaptations:…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article L628-7

…t submit a declaration of their claims under the conditions set out in Articles L. 622-24 to L. 622-26. The updating of the claims mentioned in the list shall be carried out by the judicial representa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-28

…section resulting from the additional allocation to reserves provided for by 2° of article D. 4425-26 and recorded in the administrative account in respect of two consecutive financial years may be t…

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