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Showing 231240 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-15

Employees appointed as members of the inter-company college have the necessary time, paid as working time, to attend meetings of this college.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of intermediary payment service providers and cooperation obligations

Article L722-15

…de résolution, the judicial authorities and criminal investigation officers. The information communicated pursuant to the first paragraph may only be used for the prevention, investigation or detectio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Measures taken to protect the population and the environment

Article R1333-15

…means within his competence and reasonably possible, taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic and societal factors, to achieve and maintain an optimum level of protect…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-15

The decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable if, within fifteen days of their receipt, the Minister responsible for sport has not made any observations known. However, decisions relating to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The defence of non-performance

Article 1220

A party may suspend performance of its obligation if it is clear that the other party will not perform when due and if the consequences of such non-performance are sufficiently serious for the party.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The defence of non-performance

Article 1219

A party may refuse to perform his obligation, even though it is due, if the other party does not perform his and if such non-performance is sufficiently serious.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Permanent exemptions

Article 15

…ect to income tax.This exemption also applies to premises included in agricultural holdings and allocated to the dwellings of the owner-managers.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Non-deduction of income tax

Article 153

For the determination of the net income referred to in I to VIIa of this sub-section, income tax is not allowed as a deduction.

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

Article 154

…ty, family allowances and other social deductions in force. As such, this salary is included in the category of wages and salaries referred to in V of this sub-section.II. The provisions of I also app…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Determination of income from foreign assets

Article 151

For the application of in article L. 69 of the Book of Tax Procedures, the tax on income from foreign assets is calculated by multiplying the amount of these assets by the average annual gross yield o…

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