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Showing 33413350 of 62271 articles for Art. Trib. com. Bobigny 18 May 2018 · CA Lyon 12 September 2019 · Decree 2020-118 of 12 February 2020

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-18

…des: 1° Staff costs not covered by the State; 2° Operating costs; 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° In general, all expenditure necessary for the accomplishment o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-18

If the sale or transfer of a business includes branches or establishments located on French territory, the publication prescribed in articles L. 141-7 to L. 141-17 must also be made in a medium author…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-18

Until the creation of a council of the order of dental surgeons in Mayotte, in application of article L. 4411-2, the dental surgeons of Mayotte are attached to the departmental council of the order of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for companies

Article R624-18

The period mentioned in article R. 228-26 is applicable to the formal notice provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 622-20.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 421-18

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies for the initial filming and pre-editing of a creative documentary, particularly with a view to seeking funding.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-18

Selective financial aid is awarded either for the promotion abroad of specific audiovisual works or for the promotion abroad of the companies' catalogue of works referred to in article 722-6. This aid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-18

Fairground businesses are members of an inter-company occupational health and prevention service with territorial jurisdiction: 1° Either for the municipality in which the employer resides, or for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-185

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of articles D. 6124-91 to D. 6124-102, the holder of the authorisation for interventional cardiology imaging activities shall put in place a formalised organisat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-18

The individual entrepreneur with limited liability determines the income he pays into his unaffected assets.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 621-18

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French part…

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