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Showing 14711480 of 18883 articles for Art. Cass. com. 28 November 2018

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L2331-10

…9° of article L. 2331-8 may be used to finance the depreciation allowances provided for in 27° and 28° of Article L. 2321-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.

Article R123-203

…y way of derogation from article R. 123-174, the persons mentioned in articles L. 123-25 and L. 123-28 may record receipts and payments in their accounts using the transaction date shown on the statem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article D7121-38

…echnical personnel employed on an intermittent basis in the companies mentioned in articles D. 7121-28 and D. 7121-29. This fund distributes the costs resulting from the granting of paid leave among t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: State financial assistance

Article L3662-4

…ter-municipal cooperation, calculated in accordance with the procedures set out in articles L. 5211-28 and L. 5211-28-1; 2° A lump-sum allocation as part of the overall operating allocation for depart…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-24

…torage facility in compliance with the provisions laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573 of 15 December 2017 on the essential elements of data storage contracts to be concluded in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3351-1

…by the State with an administrative public service mission, in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3381-1

…the State with an administrative public service mission, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market ;8° Regulation No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash enter…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-87

…cles 916-26 to 916-33.However, the 20% reduction provided for in the ninth paragraph of article 916-28 and the deadline provided for in article 916-31 do not apply.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transport of the body before committal (R).

Article R2213-12

…y be transported after committal and under the conditions set out in articles R. 2213-15 to R. 2213-28.

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