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Showing 981990 of 4438 articles for Art. 1383-0 B

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-76

…metres; 0 to 40 metres; 0 to 60 metres;Space from 0 to 70 metres;Space from 0 to 80 metres; Spaces above 80 metres. Underwater diving with air is limited to 60 metres. Underwater diving with trimix or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-178

…es relating to affirmation under oath give rise to the collection of the fees provided for in the table below: Description of service Fee a) Drafting 75.46 € Application for the issue of: b) an heir's…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts concerning the protection of family members

Article A444-75

The establishment of alimony and indexed annuities (numbers 30 and 31 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee:a) Either to the capital formed by ten times the annual benefit,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a : Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the claimant or the judicial agent of the State

Article R40-10

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a : Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the claimant or the judicial agent of the State

Article R40-8

…the secretary of the commission shall ask the latter, within fifteen days of receiving the file and by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to send its conclusions within one month..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a : Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the claimant or the judicial agent of the State

Article R40-9

…ons referred to in the previous article, the secretary of the commission shall send a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a : Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the claimant or the judicial agent of the State

Article R40-11

The secretary of the committee shall notify the appellant, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within fifteen days of their submission, of the conclusions of the Public Prosecutor at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a : Communications and notifications applicable when the appellant is the claimant or the judicial agent of the State

Article R40-12

…provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, the person lodging the appeal shall submit, against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the secretariat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

…n account defined in article L. 221-32-4 may deposit in this account units or shares in a company subject to corporation tax that it has acquired or subscribed to outside this account, subject to comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 G

The provisions of Article 150-0 B shall apply to capital gains realised from 21 July 1993, the date of publication of privatisation law no. 93-923 of 19 July 1993, on the exchange of the securities re…

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