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Showing 901910 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-6

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-50

…he formation of a joint venture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authorise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and personal protective equipment

Article R4313-4

…e, due to the characteristics of the personal protective equipment, it is not possible to affix the CE marking on the copies, it will appear on the packaging.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IX: Relations between prisoners and the outside world

Article D428

Information relating to the place of imprisonment, the criminal status or the date of release of a prisoner, must be provided by the prison services to the judicial authorities who are qualified to kn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 797

…es under the following conditions:1° The properties in question are undivided within a cadastral parcel;2° The total value of the properties in question is less than €5,000 when they consist of a sing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-86

…o run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l'Etat, les départements,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-10

…from the date on which they became due. The four-year statute of limitations instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l'Etat, les départements,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28-1

From 2004, public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status receive a compensation grant equal to the amounts due in respect of 2003 pursuant to I of D of article 44 of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Territorial economic contribution rebate

Article 1647 C quinquies B

…tax, the sum of the territorial economic contribution, the taxes for the costs of chambers of commerce and industry and for the costs of chambers of trade and crafts and the flat-rate tax on network b…

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