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Showing 36613670 of 63726 articles for Art. L 144-12 · Cass. com. 18 March 2020 n° 18-22.050 · Cass. 3e civ. 1 June 2011 · Cass. com. 16 June 1992

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-12

The appeals provided for in article L. 464-8 shall be lodged by a written statement in triplicate lodged against a receipt at the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal containing, under penalty of nul…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-12

In article R. 712-4-1, the words: "the president of the regional chamber, on a proposal from the president of the territorial chamber where applicable," are replaced by the words: "the president of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Rules for rounding tax bases

Article 1649 undecies

The bases for taxes of all kinds are rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-124

The notice provided for in the last paragraph of article R. 225-120 shall contain the following information: 1° The object of the company, stated briefly; 2° The company's normal expiry date; 3° The c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12

Approval derogating from some of the technical specifications required under article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-12

Each candidate completes a declaration of candidacy in which he or she indicates his or her full name, date of birth, address, qualifications, method of practice, professional qualification and, where…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article R773-16

Article R. 526-1 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article R774-16

Article R. 526-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 E

For the application of 1 of I of article 1636 B sexies to communes located on the territory of the Greater Paris metropolis that were members on 1 January 2015 of a public establishment for inter-comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-16

…upervision of the training provided to apprentices in companies to which decree no. 98-247 of 2 April 1998 relating to craft qualifications and the trades and crafts sector applies is carried out by t…

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