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Showing 43914400 of 49119 articles for Art. L 145-16 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 February 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 July 1986 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 February 1972 · Cass. com. 26 October 1993

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23-1

For each trainee referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 1221-13, the additional information, entered in the single personnel register or, for organisations that do not have a single personne…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Allocation of free shares to company employees

Article 1127

No tax shall be levied on free allocations of shares made pursuant to: 1° (Repealed); 2° (Repealed); 3° Articles L. 322-13 and L. 322-22 of the Insurance Code relating to national insurance companies;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Payment of the tax

Article 1635 quater T

The development tax and, where applicable, its instalments are paid to the beneficiary local authorities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation in accordance with procedures specifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article D3332-16-1

The annual statement of account sent to beneficiaries by the administrative account registrar, as provided for in article L. 3332-7-1, includes : 1° Identification of the company and the beneficiary;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R*211-23

…ossession of one of the documents provided for in section IV of this chapter, or of the international insurance card referred to in article R. 211-22 must, in order to be allowed to drive a vehicle in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial documentation and statistical information.

Article D213-11

The financial documentation submitted to the Banque de France is drawn up in French or in a language other than French that is customary in financial matters, if the securities can only be subscribed…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-11

…ified if there are serious reasons preventing the minor from being heard under the conditions initially laid down.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Renewable contracts

Article R2391-11

In the case of a renewable contract, an advance is paid to the contractor for each renewal under the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis P

Remuneration paid by a private individual for the employment of a single employee in the home under the conditions set out in article 199 sexdecies or a single childminder governed by articles L. 423-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-16

The amount of the direct allocation is set at:1° 40% of dubbing costs for each foreign version, up to a maximum of :- 70 per minute for two foreign versions per work chosen by the company;- €50 per mi…

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