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Showing 441450 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-19

…generated by the commitments relating to these plans as determined in application of Article R. 334-11. When the provisions of the first and third paragraphs of VII of Article L. 144-2 are applied col…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Control consultation and other common provisions

Article R2212-19

…n in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of the provisions of articles R. 2212-9 to R. 2212-18, the words: "health establishment" and "health establishment satisfying the provisio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article D754-19

…ulting from the decreeD. 330-4 with the exception of the last sentence of c) of I and D. 330-5No. 2019-944 of 9 September 2019

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-19

…the provisions of Article 712-17 or a search note in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 49-20, or rule in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-9.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-19

The issue price of shares issued under the conditions provided for in Article L. 232-18 may not be less than the par value.In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-19

…n procedures set out inarticle L. 622-24 of the French Commercial Code and decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 relating to the receivership and liquidation of companies, as well as articles R. 613-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-19

…tal amount of the contributions, excluding the amount of expenditure deducted under article L. 5212-11, the employer shall pay the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Secu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-19

…e order establishing the list of reference medical biology laboratories provided for inArticle L. 6211-19 of the Public Health Code. This call for applications is made on the basis of specifications,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17° : Tax credit granted for sums paid for the employment of an employee in the home, to an approved association or to an approved body with the same purpose

Article 199 sexdecies

…iale et des familles.The services defined in 2°, 4° and 5° of I and in 8° to 10°, 15°, 16°, 18° and 19° of II of article D. 7231-1 of the Labour Code, in the version in force on 1 January 2021, are co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-19

…nagement and healthcare system efficiency. The contract is concluded for a period of four years. It may be amended each year under the same conditions as the initial contract. It is subject to evaluat…

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