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Showing 11511160 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quater

1. The withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis as well as the levy provided for in III of Article 125 A is not applicable to interest understood, for the application of this article, as i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…ng positions, and in particular by ensuring convergence between the prices of commodity derivatives during the delivery month and the spot prices of the underlying, without prejudice to the determinat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R513-11-4

…ication for authorisation to carry out the stool collection activity provided for in Article L. 513-11-1 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-6

…pectors and labour inspectors and equivalent inspection officials within the meaning of Article L. 8113-7 du code du travail ; 3° The agents of the caisses de mutualité sociale agricole mentioned in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-11

…e cooperative and to third parties, for all obligations existing at the close of the financial year during which he left the cooperative. The board of directors, the supervisory board or the managemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Administration of the collective shop

Article L125-11

…and decorations specific to each location and possibly their harmonisation; 5° Collective or individual actions to promote the shop, particularly those of a seasonal nature.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article L134-11

…be performed by both parties after its term is deemed to be converted into a contract of indefinite duration. Where the agency contract is of indefinite duration, either party may terminate it by givi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-11

If the management lease contract includes a sliding scale clause, the revision of the rent may, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be requested whenever, as a result of the operation of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Brokers in general

Article L131-11

The fact that a broker is entrusted with a brokerage transaction for a matter in which he had a personal interest, without informing the parties to whom he will have acted as intermediary, is punishab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-11

No higher bid is allowed when the sale has taken place in the forms prescribed by articles L. 143-3 to L. 143-8, L. 143-10and L. 143-13 to L. 143-15.

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