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Showing 49214930 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Implementation measures

Article 311

Decrees in the Council of State will lay down the procedures for applying the provisions relating to stills (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Implementation measures

Article 326

…Etat will determine the application of the provisions relating to distillers (1). (1) Annex I, art. 37 to 42, 44 to 56 and Livre des procédures fiscales, art. R. 30-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

Where, in the cases mentioned in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the investigating judge hearing the information refuses to relinquish jurisdi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-8-1

Once the authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, requi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-8

…Board and the competent authorities of the AIF of the measures taken in accordance with Articles L. 632-1, L. 632-6 and L. 632-8. This article applies to AIF management companies and AIFs: 1° Relevant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-6-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 743-6)

Article Annexe 7-6-1

…t A mandatory deposit account assigned to each of the categories of funds mentioned in Article R. 743-178 of the Commercial Code is opened in the records of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-6

…strant shall attach a digitised copy of the documents concerned to the file defined in Article R. 123-3 of this Code, and shall submit the originals, together with a printout of the electronic acknowl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Distribution of funds outside of enforcement proceedings.

Article 1281-6

…e month of the first dispute. The summons reproduces the terms of the second paragraph of Article 1281-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Reimbursement by the State

Article R3232-6

In the event of safeguard proceedings, receivership, compulsory liquidation or financial difficulties on the part of the employer, the Prefect may, on the proposal of the Regional Director of Companie…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 211-63

…e authors of the original work;2° Salaries and remuneration of personnel hired for preparatory work;3° Location scouting costs;4° For works belonging to the animation genre:a) Expenditure on the desig…

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