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Showing 23112320 of 20900 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 15 July 1999 – no. 97-21146

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Absence or insufficiency of appropriations required to cover compulsory expenditure (R)

Article R1612-32

The referral to the regional audit chamber provided for in article L. 1612-15 must be reasoned, quantified and supported by all relevant evidence, and in particular by the approved budget and, where a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4226-4

…isions of this chapter do not apply to the distribution of electrical energy governed by the law of 15 June 1906 on the distribution of energy. In the case of electrical traction installations, this e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

In the event of an award of damages, where articles 706-15-1 and 706-15-2 are applicable, the convicted person present at the end of the hearing is informed that in the absence of voluntary payment wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 G

The provisions of Article 150-0 B shall apply to capital gains realised from 21 July 1993, the date of publication of privatisation law no. 93-923 of 19 July 1993, on the exchange of the securities re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Other collective investments

Article D744-14

Article D. 214-241 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Consolidated publication systems

Article D549-5

I. - In application of I of Article L. 549-15, the consolidated publication system referred to in the same article makes public the information mentioned in Article D. 549-4. It also makes public the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-18-1

A decision is taken on the application for registration referred to in Articles R. 512-15 and R. 512-17 within six months of its submission. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notifi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1840 I

…he use of a machine without the authorisation of the administration, the fine may not be less than €15..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-16-1

…stified by the particular situation of the sentenced person, to apply the provisions of article 723-15 and this sub-section, these do not apply to imprisonment resulting from a decision by a sentence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-43-12

The recruitment on an open-ended contract of a person mentioned in article L. 5132-15-1-1 is declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, th…

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