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Showing 521530 of 45072 articles for Art. CAA Marseille 18-2-2020 n° 18MA02365

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-18

On the date of their entry into the company's assets, goods acquired for valuable consideration are recorded at their acquisition cost, goods acquired free of charge at their market value and goods pr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-180

A standard declaration form for persons wishing to teach, supervise or lead physical or sporting activities, or to train those taking part in them, in return for remuneration is given in Annex II-12 t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-181

Persons who have declared their activity in accordance with the provisions of the Order of 12 January 1994 retain the benefit of this declaration for the three-year period initially provided for in ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-18

The legal entities and establishments included on the list mentioned in 1° of Article L. 122-5-1 who request the digital file of a work deposited by the publisher may only communicate the file transmi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-18

I. - A UCITS may use techniques and instruments relating to eligible financial securities and money market instruments, and in particular repurchase agreements and similar transactions for the tempora…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguarding, receivership and compulsory liquidation

Article L513-18

The provisions of Article L. 632-2 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to contracts entered into by or with a société de crédit foncier, or to legal acts performed by or for the benefit of a so…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of committees

Article R2522-18

Before conciliation boards, the parties may be assisted by a member of the employers' or employees' professional organisation to which they belong. When the parties are represented, the representative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of voluntary association involvement

Article R5151-18

Activities for which a declaration or certificate is issued after the dates stipulated in articles R. 5151-16 and R. 5151-17 are not taken into account when calculating the period of activity required…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Aid award committee

Article R411-18

The Commission d'attribution des aides provided for in Article L. 411-15 comprises nine members appointed for renewable three-year terms by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Mi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-18

All premises and facilities must comply with current planning, building, health and safety regulations, in particular the decree of 30 January 1978 on special building regulations for collectively man…

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