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Showing 321330 of 44278 articles for Art. n° 10-12163 · Cass. com. 3 November 1983

French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Agricultural and forestry land development

Article 1023

Plans, minutes, certificates, notifications, deliberations, decisions, rulings, contracts, receipts, and generally all acts or formalities relating exclusively to the application of Chapters I, III, I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Expropriation and easements in the public interest

Article 1045

…tificates, notifications, contracts and other acts made pursuant to articles L. 141-1, L. 251-1, L. 331-5, L. 441-1 and L. 531-1 of the code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique are exempt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Local authorities, local public bodies and local public companies

Article 1042

…n by communes or syndicates of communes, public land establishments created pursuant to Articles L. 324-1 et seq. of the town planning code, departments, regions and by communal, departmental or regio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Administrative rectification and cancellation

Article 1047

…omission in the affixing of an entry shall be rectified by a new dispatch of the notice of entry ; 3° An entry wrongly made in the margin of a birth record, where the civil registrar holds the record…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-101

…the case may be. This commissioner is subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3, without prejudice to the possibility of being appointed to carry out the duties set out in articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100

…shall be attached, where applicable, the report referred to, as the case may be, in Article L. 225-37 or L. 225-68, as the case may be.The statutory auditors, if any, give an account, in their report…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-10

…in the field of economic activities, as well as computer programs; d) Presentations of information. 3. The provisions of 2 of this Article shall exclude the patentability of the elements listed in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-10

Any breach of the information obligations set out in articles L. 221-5, L. 221-6, L. 221-8, L. 221-11, L. 221-12 to L. 221-14 is liable to an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Processing applications

Article L434-10

…when approached by the administrative authority, may issue an opinion on the condition mentioned in 3° of article L. 434-7. This opinion is deemed to have been given on expiry of a period of two month…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-100

Any person who, directly or through an intermediary, actually directs, administers or manages the company under the guise or in the place of the company's legal representatives is subject to the same…

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