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Showing 41114120 of 20872 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 16 January 2019

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4133-9

…ody for their professional branch or field of activity or to the approved body mentioned in article 16 of order no. 2005-406 of 2 May 2005 simplifying the legal regime for health establishments. The c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-23

…rticle L. 1221-14; 3° ter The payment of compensation pursuant to articles L. 1142-24-7, L. 1142-24-16 and L. 1142-24-17 ; 4° The payment of the compensation provided for in article L. 3131-4 to victi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-26

…an inability to certify, he shall communicate the reasons to the bodies mentioned in Article L. 823-16 of the Commercial Code. 07. In accordance with the power conferred on him by the aforementioned A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A

…a period of one year, by applying to the fraction of the sums subject to withholding which exceeds €16,050 the rate of: a) 12% for the portion in excess of €16,050 and up to €46,557; >> b) 20% for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-10

…come taxed for the previous year when they are made to the mutual fund mentioned in article L. 3332-16. For the spouse of the company director mentioned in 3° of the same article and for the employee…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-4

…020/852 on the establishment of a framework for sustainable investment and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article L3333-2

…in force on 31 December 2020, collected for 2021, increased by 1.5% as well as the change, between 2019 and 2020, in the consumer price index excluding tobacco. For départements that did not apply th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

…nted a marketing authorisation for a limited market as referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-4

…closed after the expiry of this period, the term of the exclusive right is twenty-five years from 1 January of the calendar year following that of publication. The right to exploit posthumous works be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87 A

…87-0 A of this Code are made to the body or administration designated by decree:1° No later than 31 January of the year following that in which the sums were paid, for the declaration mentioned in art…

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