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Showing 18311840 of 21835 articles for Art. Cass. com. 27 janvier 2021 n° 18-22492

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279-0 bis A

…and Housing Code, or in a priority urban policy district, within the meaning of 8° of I of article 278 sexies of this code. B.-In application of 4° of I of this article, the proportion of the number…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

When the foreign liquidator or any person exercising a function similar to that of the mandataire judiciaire, the administrateur judiciaire or the liquidator has ceased his functions or in the case me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-18-1

A decision is taken on the application for registration referred to in Articles R. 512-15 and R. 512-17 within six months of its submission. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18-2

If the apprenticeship contract is terminated in application of article L. 6222-18, the training centre in which the apprentice is registered takes the necessary steps to enable him to follow his theor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18-2

Only fire fighters who have completed training under the conditions defined by an order of the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Interior are authorised to perform the procedures mentioned…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278-0 bis A

I.-Religible for the reduced rate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 278-0 bis are energy renovation services that meet the following conditions: 1° They are carried out in premises that ha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies-0 A

The reduced rates provided for in article 278 sexies are equal to:Sectors or premises concerned Subdivision of article 278 sexies Rate Social rental housing financed by a subsidised integration loan 1…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Register matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 27-1

Applications for registration may also be created and transmitted electronically, using technical procedures that must guarantee, under conditions specific to each register, the reliability of the ide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-27

An individual file concerning the activities of the judicial environmental officer is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-27-1

The private security guard is approved by order of the prefect for a renewable period of five years. The approval order specifies the nature of the offences that the private security guard is responsi…

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