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Showing 28312840 of 44700 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 15 June 2010 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · CA Versailles 7 June 2007

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

…has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of the recipient, nor may the recipient know t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of granting

Article R5141-16

Where there is no authorised body in the département, pursuant to article L. 5141-6, the application for the repayable advance is sent to the Prefect. The Prefect issues the applicant with an acknowle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on the costs of chambers of commerce and industry

Article 1600 A

By way of derogation from II of Article 1600, the tax due by company directors benefiting from the scheme provided for in Article L. 613-7 of the Social Security Code is calculated by applying a rate…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-16

…n the meaning of Articles L. 322-3-2 of this Code, L. 211-13 of the Code de la mutualité and L. 931-7-1 of the Social Security Code, and categories of staff whose professional activities have a signif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3323-16

The amount allocated to an employee under the profit-sharing agreement is recorded on a separate sheet from the pay slip.This sheet mentions :1° The total amount of the special profit-sharing reserve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…The fund rules specify the composition and procedures for appointing its supervisory board, which may be carried out either by election on the basis of the number of units held by each unitholder, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-162

…unting documents provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by a declaration of confidentiality or a declaration of simplified publication of the annual…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Amending entries

Article R521-16

…ctions involving movable property, only the information concerning the debtor is replaced. In other cases, the court clerk shall replace the information entered with that information. In other cases,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-16

The State representative or, where applicable, the inspection mission provided for in article R. 1613-8 send the minister responsible for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation

Article R3262-16

…e meal voucher accounts provided for in article L. 3262-2 provides the account holder with a certificate of account opening in triplicate. The account holder will give one of these copies to the relev…

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