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Showing 23512360 of 21130 articles for Art. n° 86-10357 · Cass. 1re civ. 17 January 2006

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-4

…y on the insurance undertaking's website or on any other durable medium within 90 working days of 1 January of each year. The description of the steps taken, including the resources deployed, during t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-7

…compensation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de Article 6 of Law no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986, as amended, on the initial finance law for 1987;- the estimated amount of co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-345

…e to contractual employees of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of amendedlaw no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 laying down statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 bis

…legislation of that State adopted for the implementation of Articles 31 to 39 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006.2°a Intra-Community acquisitions of second-hand works of art, collec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-161

…ng to the following scale:Tranches of assessment Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 1.935% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.064% From €17,000 to €30,000 0.726% Over €30,000 0.532%2° In the case of judicial discharge…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-41

…omen's Sport may be reimbursed for their travel expenses under the conditions set out in decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006, as amended, setting the terms and conditions for the payment of expenses in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The National Supporters' Forum

Article D224-3

…ers' Forum may be reimbursed for their travel expenses under the conditions laid down by decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 , as amended, setting the conditions and procedures for payment of expenses…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-11

No reconciliation or connection within the meaning of the article 33 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms may not be made between the file provided for in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-6

…rom betting.The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 49 and 50 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties may be exercised…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

…ums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 for new audiovisual work projects.The amount of the direct allocation…

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