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Showing 16911700 of 51113 articles for Art. Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012 n° 11-24.033 · Cass. com. 15 September 2015 n° 14-17.964 · CA Versailles 6 June 1997

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Installation aid

Article R444-23

…epartments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, start-up grants may be awarded for setting up in a vacant or created office as well as for the creation or takeover of a judicial administrator's or judi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-23

In addition to the information provided for in Article L. 622-25, the statement of claim contains:1° The elements likely to prove the existence and the amount of the claim if it does not result from a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article L356-15

…rdance with the provisions of this Section and Sections II, IV, V and VI of this Chapter; 2° In the case of group supervision referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the participating…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-23

…n the business, and approved by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée; 3° The programming projects mentioned in article L. 212-9, on the basis of which the film developmen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-16

Advances on the sums calculated may be granted subject to ceilings. The ceilings are calculated by applying a coefficient to the amount of the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VB

…in the deed, it being specified that this price includes the existing property and the works in the case of a purchase made under the legal system for the sale of a building to be renovated. Where it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-15

…cquire rights registered on his personal training account in respect of the activities mentioned in 3° of article L. 5151-9, with the exception of the thematic civic reservists mentioned in 3°, 4°, 8°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496

I. - The rental value of premises allocated to residential use or used for home-based salaried activity is determined by comparison with that of reference premises chosen, in the municipality, for eac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-11

The protection order may be appealed within fifteen days of its notification.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of the application

Article 1180-11

Once informed that educational assistance proceedings have been opened in respect of the minor, the guardianship judge shall, at the request of the children's judge, forward a copy of any document tha…

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