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Showing 20612070 of 64955 articles for Art. L 141-14 · Cass. com. 21 January 1974 · Cass. com. 20 October 1980 · Cass. com. 8 April 1976 · Cass. com. 8 June 2017 n° 16-11.441 · CA Versailles 3 December 2009 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · Cass. com. 24 February 1981 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 L

I. - Mortgage formalities for which a proportional real estate security contribution is levied shall give rise to the collection of a contribution reduced by half, subject to the provisions of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-16

Practitioners recruited under the provisions of 1° or 3° of article R. 6152-7 and article R. 6152-9 are reclassified at the step they held in their previous situation, with retention of their seniorit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-16

Cancellation of the registration may be requested by the creditor or the debtor on proof of extinction of the secured debt or production of the deed discharging the registration. Cancellation may also…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-85

Supervisory Board members may not receive any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, from the company other than that provided for in articles L. 225-81, L. 225-83, L. 225-84 and L. 22-10-25 and, where…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Calculation in respect of availability on subscription on-demand audiovisual media services

Article 721-16

The calculation is made each year by applying the following lump sums to each cinematographic work:- 1,000 € when the cinematographic work is made available to the public in at least two and at most f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Regional Intervention Fund

Article L1435-8

A regional intervention fund finances, by decision of the regional health agencies, actions, experiments and, where appropriate, structures contributing to :1° Promoting health and preventing illness,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain concession contracts

Article R3133-16

Where the concession contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may stipulate that the payment period runs from the date on which this conformity is established, if…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Intercommunal direct tax commission

Article 1650 A

1. In each établissement public de coopération intercommunale subject by right or by option to the tax regime provided for in Article 1609 nonies C, an inter-municipal direct tax commission is set up…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-8

Volunteer activities are recorded as part of the personal data processing mentioned in II of article L. 6323-8. The account holder decides which activities he wishes to record.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 G

For reasons of confidentiality, the taxpayer may request that the matter be referred to another committee within the jurisdiction of the territorially competent administrative court of appeal. This co…

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