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Showing 45714580 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
Section 0I ter: Levy on sums paid by insurance and similar organisations in respect of insurance contracts in the event of death

Article 990 I

…pect of the non-surrenderable portion of contracts other than those mentioned in 1° of I of Article 199 septies, than those mentioned in article 154 bis and in 1° of Article 998, with the exception of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-16

For the application of article D. 71-111-15 :1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-9

…assessment of the supply of healthcare, showing the areas referred to in a of 2° of Article L. 1434-9 in which this supply is insufficient with regard to the regional or inter-regional health plan. Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-90

…horities and the public institutions for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status, and may not exceed three. In the event of a merger of savings and provident institutions either by takeo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Implementing provisions

Article L23-115-1

…edures for the presentation of the employees on the electoral propaganda mentioned in article L. 23-112-2 ; 2° The procedures for the notification to the employers of the employees mentioned in the la…

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

Article R211-9

…lements of the contract, if he cannot meet the specific requirements mentioned in 1° of article R. 211-6, or in the event of a price increase of more than 8%, it shall inform the traveller as soon as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-9

…e applicable, the consolidated financial statements are approved by the Chairman. The single member may not delegate his powers. Its decisions are recorded in a register. Where the sole member, a natu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of events with classification, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance

Article R331-9

The organiser of a sporting event with a ranking, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance must obtain the opinion of the relevant delegated federation before submitting his declaration file to the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-90

The committees referred to in Article L. 511-89 are made up of members of the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions who do not exercis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7124-9

…paid by the employer.The time of absence used in application of article L. 7124-7 and this article may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year. It is treated in the same way as act…

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