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Showing 35013510 of 21202 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 15 December 2010

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Referee (R)

Article R1425-19

Within three months of 29 December 1996, the president of the regional audit chamber shall draw up a list of arbitrators for each department, which shall include the name, profession and address of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes

Article R822-111

…commissaires aux comptes constituées sur le fondement de l'Article 31-1 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-23

…affiliated to the general social security scheme. Pursuant toarticle 1 of decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplementary social security pension scheme for non-tenured State and loca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article R533-16-0

…23 or the report provided for in article L. 214-24-19, or the report provided for in article L. 533-15, as the case may be. Such disclosure is not compulsory where this information is already availabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-4

…tiplied by the correction coefficient mentioned in B of IV of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020; 1° ter The product determined by applying to the municipal tax b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 B

…he tax authorities, other than those mentioned in articles 1728 and 1729, will result in a fine of €150.The fine is increased to €1,500 in the case of the declaration provided for in Article 238 bis,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-2

…epartment referred to in Article L. 561-23 receives a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 that concerns another Member State of the European Union, it shall forward this report without de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2372-5

…edures of the special negotiating body are governed by articles L. 2352-9 to L. 2352-12 and L. 2352-15.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory licences

Article R613-4

Applications for a compulsory licence pursuant to articles L. 613-11 to L. 613-15 shall be submitted to the courts designated in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 615-17. They shall be lodg…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article D551-16

…eception conditions or for these to be terminated under the conditions laid down by articles L. 551-15, L. 551-16 and D. 551-17 to R. 551-23.

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