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Showing 241250 of 29123 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 November 1999 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 April 2000 · Cass. com. 7 February 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of the retirement account

Article R4163-30

…ofessional prevention account may make a request to use the points under 3° of I of article L. 4163-7 under the conditions set out in article R. 4163-15 once he has reached the age of 55.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

…f Article 4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined in Artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-30

…bt/population; 5° Global operating grant/population; > 6° Staff costs/real operating expenditure; > 7° Real operating expenditure and net debt/ population; 7° Real operating expenditure and annual cap…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1973

…t to the forms required for gifts; except for the cases of reduction and nullity set out in Article 1970. When the annuity is set up by one or both spouses and is stipulated to be reversible in favour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Economic and social measures

Article L2542-30

Where, in a société anonyme created prior to 7 December 1969, a municipality is a member or chairman of the board of directors, a member of the management board or a member or chairman of the supervis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-30

…ormation being affixed to the external packaging, in addition to the information mentioned in 4° to 7° of Article R. 2142-29: 1° "Gametes" or "germinal tissue", "fragile" and "do not irradiate"; 2° Th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-18

The proposed merger, demerger or partial contribution of assets is the subject of publication by each of the participating associations of a notice, at the expense of the participating associations, u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article R814-30

The statutory auditor shall inform the regional inspecting magistrate, the coordinating magistrate referred to in Article R. 811-40 and the President of the National Council of any anomalies or irregu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Alternative care structures to hospitalisation

Article D6124-302

The care structures and units referred to in Article D. 6124-301-1 are arranged and equipped in such a way as to provide, on the same site, depending on the type, volume and programming of the service…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Interest-bearing loans.

Article 1913

The capital of the annuity constituted in perpetuity also becomes payable in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the debtor.

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