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Showing 12211230 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-22

The duties of members of the Steering Committee, the Medical and Scientific Committee and the groups of experts are performed free of charge. Where their attendance at meetings results in a loss of in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 quindecies

…in the activity of live performance entrepreneur, within the meaning of Article L. 7122-2 of the Labour Code, and subject to corporation tax, may benefit from a tax credit in respect of the expenses…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-20

…production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increasing the total amount of public financial aid to more than 50% of the final production cost of this work and, in the case of an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-22

The decisions of the Board of Directors of the Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel shall state the reasons on which they are based and shall specify, where applicable, the conditions and deadline…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D754-20

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

I.-Persons born of medically assisted procreation with a third-party donor shall receive, when their application is submitted, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-20

…n Articles L. 821-12-3 and L. 824-15, conclude cooperation agreements with authorities of non-EU Member States exercising competences similar to its own and which have been recognised by the Commissio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-204

…or home hospital care activity concludes an agreement with each of the social and medico-social establishments with accommodation mentioned in I of Article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations

Article R5215-20

Under no circumstances shall the assistance of the community's technical services give rise to remuneration on the part of the municipalities concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-22

If the employee accepts the reclassification leave, it begins on expiry of the response period provided for in article R. 1233-21.

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