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Showing 271280 of 30897 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 16-6-2022 n° 20-20.544

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-20

The rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants and to certain district capitals with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants to take account, on the one hand, of the cost…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article R5132-20

A contract is drawn up in writing between the intermediary association and the person, known as the user, to whom it makes one or more employees available. The contract shall include in particular : 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-20

Any training provider who, before expiry of the withdrawal period provided for in article L. 6353-5, requires the trainee to pay sums in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 6…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-20

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

I. - The investment property companies referred to in I de l'article 33 de la loi n° 63-254 du 15 mars 1963 sont exonérées de l'impôt sur les sociétés pour la fraction de leur bénéfice qui provient de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-20

The electoral colleges empowered to appoint the representatives of the communes are constituted as follows: a) The communes with a population below the commune average for the département have 40% of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

I.-Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a tax credit in respect of the forestry operations mentioned in II of this article that they carry out until 31 December…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1441-20

Articles R. 1435-1 to R. 1435-6 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D773-20

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 532-36n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 532-37 with the exception of III and IVNo. 2021-941 of 15 July 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D774-20

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 532-36n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 532-37 with the exception of III and IVNo. 2021-941 of 15 July 20…

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