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Showing 29812990 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Art…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-11

…orts betting operations that it has at its disposal pursuant toArticle 38 of Act no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 on the opening up to competition and the regulation of online gambling.II. - La Française d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-11

The psychiatrist involved in the patient's care may propose at any time to modify the form of care referred to in article L. 3211-2-1 to take account of changes in the patient's condition. He will dra…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-6

…en the summons and the hearing for the defendant to have been able to prepare his defence.The judge may, at any time during the proceedings, by simple mention in the file, order the personal appearanc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-11

…e securities at their disposal for ten years in a blocked account in a credit institution. The sale may be conducted by public auction by an investment services provider or a notary, in accordance wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Establishments, services or organisations without an in-house pharmacy

Article R5126-110

…icle L. 5126-10. II - The establishments, services or organisations mentioned in Article L. 5126-10 may obtain reconstituted proprietary medicinal products and magistral or hospital preparations from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6223-11

…rading companies formed between medical biologists who are natural persons pursuant to law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies, the purpose of which is the jo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 983

Persons owning assets mentioned in article 965 located in France without having their tax domicile there as well as persons mentioned in 2 of article 4 B may be invited by the tax department to appoin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Night work.

Article L1225-11

…a medically certified state of pregnancy ; 2° L. 1225-17, relating to maternity leave; 3° L. 1225-29, relating to the ban on postnatal and prenatal employment; 4° L. 1226-2, relating to unfitness for…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-11

The traveller may, by giving reasonable notice to the organiser or retailer on a durable medium before the start of the trip or holiday, transfer the contract to a person who satisfies all the conditi…

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