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Showing 851860 of 58536 articles for Art. II · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 November 1998

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-15

…the bodies of the agency are automatically enforceable under the conditions defined in articles L. 4141-1 to L. 4142-4.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-15-2

…tes are counted at the Council's head office, on the day of the election provided for in article D. 4233-7.It is carried out by a polling station set up for the election of each Council. The polling s…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Exposure to particular risks.

Article L1225-15

The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the application of articles : 1° L. 1225-4, relating to protection against termination of the employment contract of an employee in a medicall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional pharmacovigilance centres

Article R5121-158

…arry out vigilance missions relating to health products under the conditions defined in article R. 1413-61-4.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584 bis

…n duties or land registration tax by up to 0.5% for the transfers referred to in 1° of 1 of article 1584, when the following conditions are met: 1° The transfer is part of a transaction consisting of:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157 bis

…may deduct an amount of:- €2,620 from their net overall income if this income does not exceed €16,410;- €1,310 if this income is between €16,410 and €26,400.In the case of married persons subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-15

The acquiring company is debtor to the non-obligated creditors of the acquired company in place of the latter, without this substitution entailing novation with regard to them.The non-obligated credit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use and maintenance of work equipment

Article R4323-15

When transmissions, mechanisms and work equipment with moving parts likely to present a risk are in operation, workers may not be allowed to check, inspect, clean, deburr, lubricate, adjust, repair or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.

Article R237-15

…ond paragraph of Article L. 237-21, in article L. 237-23, in the third paragraph of article L. 237-24, in the second paragraph of article L. 237-25, as well as II of article L. 237-27. The president o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-15

…bility of fraud when auditing accounts, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-240. Consideration of the possibility of fraud when auditing accounts Introduction 01. In planning an…

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