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Showing 461470 of 32219 articles for Art. Décret 87-713 du 26-8-1987

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-26

The notice of non-payment for insufficient funds drawn up pursuant to article L. 131-84 must include all the information provided for in 1°, 2°, 4°, 5°, 6° and 8° of article R. 131-12, as well as the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-26

…822-1 has not declared the information mentioned in Article R. 821-14-7 or paid the contributions due under Article L. 821-6-1, the High Council shall give formal notice to the interested party to c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article L7125-26

…owance and who has not interrupted any professional activity is unable to effectively carry out his duties in the event of illness, maternity, paternity or accident, the amount of the official allowan…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 quater

…ts of the application of article 265 ter, a decree will specify the terms and conditions for the production, marketing and use of this product.

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

Article D4221-26-1

Professionals who have obtained authorisation to practise part of the profession concerned appear on a separate list containing the professional title under which they are authorised to practise and t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 A

…public abattoirs; markets of national interest; collection and treatment of refuse, waste and residues where this service gives rise to payment of the fee for services rendered provided for by artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 E

…f Article 34 of Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017 ;2° Le produit de l'exploitation de la loterie nationale, du loto national, des paris mutuels hippiques, des p…

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

Article L2333-26

…L. 321-2 of the Environment Code;3° Mountain municipalities, within the meaning of the loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne;4° Des communes qui ré…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-26

…l be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and according to the procedure provided for in Article R. 631-4. It rules after hearing or duly calling the judicial represent…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26-1

Any declaration of nationality must, on pain of nullity, be registered either by the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court, for declarations subscribed in France, or by the…

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