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Showing 46014610 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-16

The directors or managers of companies, régies or associations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator

Article A663-12-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 663-12-1, the emolument due to the court-appointed administrator for the work he has carried out in connection with new cash contributions pursuant to t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Revolving credit

Article R341-12

If the advertiser disseminates or causes to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations laid down in the provisions of articles L. 312-58, L. 312-59 and L. 312-61 is punishab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Approved management centres

Article 1649 quater E

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Removal of goods made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique

Article R512-16-5

The provisions of article R. 512-16 are applicable to these levies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applications for authorisation

Article R1333-120

For the nuclear activities mentioned in III of Article R. 1333-104, the application for authorisation provided for in the fourth paragraph of III of Article L. 1333-9 for protection against malicious…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…insurance undertaking in a trust contract formed for the purpose of reorganisation pursuant to Article L. 311-41 is valued for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a participation whose valuation, in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 B

The taxation regime for gains derived by natural persons from disposals made directly or through intermediaries, of debt securities negotiable on a regulated market pursuant to a specific legislative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Management of the information and monitoring system for exposure to ionising radiation

Article R4451-129

The Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire shall draw up an annual report on the results of measurements of worker exposure, including levels of exposure to ionising radiation, taking part…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

Where filiation is established under the conditions laid down in article 342-11 by joint acknowledgement, the women named therein choose the surname that will devolve on the child at the latest at the…

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