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Showing 51415150 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
1a: Capital reductions

Article 814 C

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of III of Article 810, are registered free of charge:1° Reductions in the capital of companies against cancellation or reduction in the nominal value or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article R224-8

Leave days invested in the company pension savings plan at the request of the employee are invested for the value of the leave allowance calculated in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 314…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-8

In order to issue the special payment vouchers referred to in B of article L. 1271-1 of this code, the specialised organisations and establishments or the establishments referred to in article L. 1271…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Zonal mobilisation plan

Article R3131-8

In the defence zone, the reference health establishments are responsible for : 1° Providing technical assistance to the regional health agency for the zone; 2° Providing technical expertise to health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-8

…the needs encountered, orthoptists take part, within the framework of the acts provided for in articles R. 4342-1 to R. 4342-7, in various educational, preventive, screening, training, research and su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8 quater

Each member of ship co-ownerships governed by articles L. 5114-30 to L. 5114-50 of the Transport Code is personally liable for income tax on the share corresponding to his rights in the profits declar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sole subsection: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-81

In the absence of the agreement referred to inArticle L. 3142-129, in undertakings with fewer than three hundred employees, the level provided for inArticle L. 3142-128 is set at 2% of the total numbe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 quater

I.- The remuneration, increases and elements of remuneration mentioned in I and III of article L. 241-17 of the social security code are exempt from income tax, under the conditions and limits set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internship in speech and language therapy with a practitioner.

Article D4341-8

The maximum number of trainees that the training supervisor may receive may not exceed three if the training supervisor works in a public or private not-for-profit health establishment. Within this li…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 860-2

If conciliation between the parties appears feasible, the court may appoint a conciliator for this purpose. This appointment may take the form of a simple mention in the case file.

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