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Showing 651660 of 20900 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 15 July 1999 – no. 97-21146

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-15

A drawee who has refused to pay all or part of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds shall send the account holder the injunction provided for in article L. 131-73 by registered letter with acknowledg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-15

For the application of article L. 5217-10-12, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section:proceeds from the sale of a fixed as…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article D5122-15

I.-For the application of 3° of II of article L. 5122-3, the methods for calculating the indemnity and the allowance are determined according to the following rules: 1° For employees whose working hou…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

…would have been established for that same year without application of A of XVI of Article 34 of Law no. 2010-1658 of 29 December 2010 on amending finance for 2010, in the version in force on 31 Decemb…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-15

Other than the officials responsible for implementing the processing and those of the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés responsible for manufacturing the documents, have access, by virtue of their…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-15

The information mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 326-2 are as follows: 1° The articles of association and the general regulations; 2° The conditions of membership and the conditions of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-15

If the culture ceases to be accessible either because it is no longer viable or because the authorised body is no longer able to supply samples, no account shall be taken of this interruption, provide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

…acher-researchers working in the establishment or assimilated staff pursuant to article 5 of decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987 relating to the National Council of Universities for health disciplines…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-15

…nted property is located, of the rates set out in Annex 3 to the decree referred to in l'article R. 1511-10.However, where aid is granted during the three tax years following the creation or takeover…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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