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Showing 56715680 of 21475 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 13 June 2012

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-2

…osts, sets remuneration and compensation subject to the provisions of articles R. 821-10 and R. 821-13 ; for the application of the Labour Code, it exercises the powers of the company director; 3° Has…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-1

…those referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-10-3, which have met, as from 1 January 2012 and for three consecutive financial years, one of the following conditions:a) The annual collec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

I. - From 2013, the departmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

I. - Phonographic production companies within the meaning of Article L. 213-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, subject to corporation tax, are eligible for a tax credit in respect of expenditure on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-15

In the event that the individual limited liability entrepreneur renounces the appropriation or in the event of his death, the declaration mentioned in Article L. 526-7 ceases to have effect. However,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-2

…on referred to in Article L. 5121-12 or of one of the registrations referred to in Articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14-1, or, on behalf of this holder, by another company or organisation, or by both, e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…ave the national territory and surrender his passport for a period that may not exceed six months ; 13° Complete, where applicable at their own expense, a citizenship training course ; 14° In the even…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-50

In the event of the temporary impediment or death of the Chairman, the Board of Directors may delegate a director to act as Chairman. In the event of temporary impediment, this delegation is given for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…an area between France's land border with the States party to the Schengen Convention signed on 19 June 1990 and a line drawn 20 kilometres below, as well as in areas accessible to the public in port…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2

…) Any of the offences listed in articles L. 121-2 to L. 121-4, L. 121-8 to L. 121-10, L. 411-2, L. 413-1, L. 413-2, L. 413-4 to L. 413-9, L. 422-2, L. 441-1, L. 441-2, L. 452-1, L. 455-2, L. 512-4 and…

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