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Showing 10411050 of 56879 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 10-1-2018 n° 16-25.190 F-PB

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

No information enabling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R3123-16

In support of its application, the candidate shall produce a declaration on its honour certifying: 1° That it is not the subject of any exclusion from participation in the procedure for awarding conce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-16

A. - For municipalities collecting in 2008 the tax provided for by article L. 2333-6 or that provided for by article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, this tax is replaced, from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-16

Where the request for an amended registration relates to information concerning the debtor or the owner of the property when he is not the debtor and which is referred to in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-16

The State representative or, where applicable, the inspection mission provided for in article R. 1613-8 send the minister responsible for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance

Article D5134-160

The annual amount of aid per full-time post is set by decree. This amount is adjusted annually on 1 July, in proportion to the increase in the minimum growth wage since 1 July of the previous year and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165-1

I.-1° Company mutual funds which are not subject to the provisions of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code and more than one third of whose assets are made up of securities issued by a foreign comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-16

If the mayor, the president of the departmental council or the president of the regional council, as the case may be, fails to pay a compulsory expenditure within one month of being given formal notic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-16

The debtor, the administrator if one has been appointed and, where applicable, the mandataire judiciaire shall indicate to the juge-commissaire and the public prosecutor, when they so request, the bal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-167

The maximum duration of the aid, set at thirty-six months by article L. 5134-113, may be extended, with the authorisation of the authority issuing the award decision, in order to allow the beneficiary…

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