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Showing 17311740 of 19519 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 27 January 2016

French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1750

…the following additional penalties:1° Prohibition, in accordance with the terms of the article 131-27 of the Penal Code, from directly or indirectly exercising, on their own behalf or on behalf of ot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-36

…which the company is registered. Where the transferor, in the case provided for in article R. 6223-27, has refused to sign the deed, a copy of the summons issued by the transferee is filed with the s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Crédit mutuel et coopération agricoles

Article 130

…nefited from State advances, nor to negotiable loans or bonds issued by the same companies before 1 January 1965 ; 2° Neither to interest shares in mutual agricultural credit companies referred to in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-5

…ovisions of section 2 of title II of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between municipalities, départements, regions and th…

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

Article L225-30

The office of director elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to article L. 225-27-1 is incompatible with any office as trade union delegate, member of the works council, member of the group w…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-1

…f 6° quater of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code. Articles L. 224-27, L. 224-27-1, L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-39, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and L. 224-42-1 and L. 224-42…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Identification and lists of members of the profession of pharmacist.

Article D4221-29

…113-118 a monthly update of the data resulting from the operations provided for in articles D. 4221-27 and D. 4221-28. The data thus transmitted is deemed to have been validated by the National Counci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies

…lies to the goods mentioned in this 7° which are acquired or manufactured by the business as from 1 January 2016 and until 14 April 2017 and to the rights of use of the goods acquired or manufactured…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-7

Contracts entered into prior to 1 January 1986 between a performer and a producer of an audiovisual work or their assignees shall be subject to the foregoing provisions in respect of the modes of expl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-1

…paragraph worded as follows: "longer periods set by collective branch agreements concluded before 1 January 2018, up to a maximum of five years;".

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