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Showing 49514960 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Deduction of spouse's salary

Article 154

…ndustrial and commercial profits and non-commercial profits made by a company mentioned in articles 8 and 8 ter.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-4

…toms officers shall have access to the premises and places where they are likely to be held between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. or, outside these hours, when access to the public is authorised or when productio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements for agencies

Article L1432-5

…e management of the appropriations from the regional intervention fund mentioned in article L. 1435-8 which are delegated to the agency, as well as for the management of any appropriation paid to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L634-2

The procedure established, pursuant to I of Article 8 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, by the persons mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-59

…ablishment: 1° In the case of a commercial company, the information provided for in Article R. 123-38 ; 2° If it is a commercial company whose registered office is abroad within the meaning of article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-17

…e liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial court…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-35

The master plan of the regional chamber of commerce and industry, defined in 2° of Article L. 711-8, determines the administrative boundaries of the chambers of commerce and industry attached to it an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-2

The information referred to in a of 8°, 9°, 13° and 14° of article R. 3243-1 is worded and ordered and, for the items payable by the employer, grouped together in accordance with a model defined by or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules of good practice.

Article D5232-11

…L. 146-8 of the Code de l'aide sociale et de la famille. Within a timeframe comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Resale rights

Article L334-1

In the event of a breach of the provisions of article L. 122-8, the purchaser and the judicial officers may be ordered jointly and severally to pay damages to the beneficiaries of the resale right.

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