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Showing 25112520 of 21130 articles for Art. n° 86-10357 · Cass. 1re civ. 17 January 2006

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R272

In Article R. 49, the following paragraph is added: "For New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the amount of the fixed fine is set respectively by the Congress of New Caledonia and the Council of Minist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-5

The rules relating to employee profit-sharing are set out in Chapter I of Title IV of Book IV of the Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-947 of 26 November 1987 setting the conditions for application of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-10

In the context of the administrative cooperation organised by Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-4 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 duodecies

…e applicable to contributions and exchanges made after the promulgation of the Land Orientation Law n° 67-1253 of 30 December 1967.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-81

…° of article L. 212-32 of this code;3° Average sales are determined :a) For cinemas opened before 1 January 2017, by taking into account the period between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2019;b) For c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-1

…with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, les empreintes d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-29

…between the parties, in accordance with the provisions of the articles 1843-4 of the Civil Code and 17 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978. Where the transferring shareholder refuses to sign the dee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-1

…organisations or foreign States, under the conditions laid down by the articles 112 à 114 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L351-5

…ICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 31…

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