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Showing 47614770 of 65061 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 March 1953 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 May 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 21 July 1999 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. com. 2 June 1958 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 1971 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010

French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quinquies

I. - 1. Subject to 2, 3 and 4, the contribution on the value added of businesses is determined on the basis of the turnover achieved and the value added produced during the year in respect of which th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1578

…perty regime, if the parties do not agree to proceed with the liquidation by agreement, one of them may apply to the court for it to be proceeded with judicially. The rules prescribed for arriving at…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article R335-15

…vil court charged to the holder of the copyright or related right pursuant to this code and Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 incl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-7 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 750-3)

Article Annexe 7-7

…A-1.1. Date and purpose of the application (creation/extension and total surface area created). A-1.2. Location (postal address: number and street, commune, Cedex, name of commercial estate, name of s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-28

The public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located, after collecting, where app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-15

The creation of these shares gives rise to the application of articles L. 225-8, L. 225-10, L. 225-14, L. 225-147, L. 22-10-53 and L. 22-10-54 relating to special advantages when shares are issued to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-15

The resignation of the mayor or a deputy mayor is sent to the representative of the State in the department. It is definitive as from its acceptance by the representative of the State in the departmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for exercising general powers

Article L2312-15

…dministrative documents.If the Committee considers that it does not have sufficient information, it may refer the matter to the President of the Court of First Instance, ruling under the accelerated p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Business secrecy.

Article R463-15

…ss to the confidential version of a document that it considers necessary to exercise its rights, it may ask the General Reporter to disclose or consult the document by submitting a reasoned request as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-15

…proprietor either by the authorised body or by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle ; 2° A copy of the filing receipt issued by the authorised body, together with an indication of the nu…

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