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Showing 39213930 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 General Tax CodeIn force
a: Share savings plan

Article 163 quinquies D

I. - The share savings plan is open and operates in accordance with articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the share savings plan intended for the financing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

…ioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IV…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Control of legality

Article L2131-7

Every three years, before 1 June, the Government submits to Parliament a report on the a posteriori control exercised over the acts of the communes by the representatives of the State in the départeme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Categories of incidents, terms and conditions for reporting significant or serious information systems security incidents

Article D1111-16-3

I.-Reports of significant or serious information system security incidents, without prejudice to other mandatory reports, are made without delay by the director of the health establishment, the organi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies B

I. Individuals who undertake to hold units in venture capital mutual funds or professional investment funds for at least five years from the date of their subscription are exempt from income tax on th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 11: Validation of acquired experience

Article 212-167-4

…hird parties, in the exercise of activities in a specific environment, as defined in article R. 212-7, may be excluded from the validation of acquired experience or be subject to special restrictions.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-16-2

The period referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 712-5 is three months.The date of the end of the investigation phase referred to in the same article occurs if a party has not submitted ob…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-7

…d, refused, withdrawn or revoked by reasoned judgment of the sentence enforcement court hearing the case at the request of the sentenced person, at the request of the public prosecutor or on the initi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7: Information to be provided by the owner

Article 78

…ease is renewed or amended, to submit to the administration, within three months, a declaration indicating the designation of the holding, by reference to the land register, and its total surface area…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-3

…ections is forwarded to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee. Articles R. 232-90-1 and R. 241-17 to R. 241-24 are then applied. The Agency informs the interested party that he is invited to prese…

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