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Showing 23212330 of 18883 articles for Art. Cass. com. 28 November 2018

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, respectively referred to in articles 28-1 and 28-2, specially authorised and individually designated by their hierarchical superior, have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
SCHEDULE 5-3 (Annex to Article A. 526-6)

Article Annexe

…delivered to the sole trader) (the content of the information provided under III of article D. 526-28 of the French Commercial Code may be appended hereto) IV. IV -Waiver of the seven-day cooling-off…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

…ividuelle des ressources;10° Where applicable, the proceeds of the taxes provided for in Articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the General Tax Code;11° The fraction of value-added tax provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…keting authorisation; 18° For the homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 5° of article R. 5121-28 the words: "Homeopathic medicinal product traditionally used in" followed by the therapeutic indi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional and continuing vocational training funds.

Article L4332-1

…o the payments made to the Treasury the previous year pursuant to the articles L. 6354-2 et L. 6331-28 of the Labour Code, the distribution of which obeys the same criteria as those mentioned in 1° ab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-27

…1° They are carried out with a person mentioned in the second paragraph of II of article R. 214-32-28 ; 2° They are governed by a framework agreement mentioned in articles L. 211-36 and L. 211-36-1;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4

…ntioned bodies, manage, as a processor, the processing under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of the aforementioned Regulation. II. - The personal data and information likely to be recorded i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…PLICABLE PROVISIONS AS INTRODUCED BYTITLE II Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders Articles D. 526-28 to D. 526-29 Decree no. 2022-799 of 12 May 2022Article D. 526-30Decree no. 2022-1439 of 16 Novemb…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-15

…erson heard has the right to be assisted by counsel of his or her choice.In accordance with Article 28 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 61-1 of the same Code is applicable when a person is h…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-4

…ce permit bearing the wording "salarié détaché mobile ICT (famille)" provided for in article L. 421-28 or the multiannual residence permit bearing the wording "étudiant-programme de mobilité" provided…

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