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Showing 751760 of 43690 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 16-3-2023 n° 21-25.002

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-21

The constraint is served on the debtor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by bailiff's deed. On pain of nullity, the bailiff's writ or the registered letter shall mention :1° The…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-21

Voting shall take place by public ballot at the request of one quarter of the members present.Voting shall take place by secret ballot:1° Either when one third of the members present so request;2° Or…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 undecies

…e are applicable to investments made or subscriptions paid from the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2009-594 du 27 mai 2009 pour le développement économique des outre-mer, with the exception of inv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-71

For a single cinematographic work:1° The amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production account may not exceed €500,000;2° The total amount invested by the produc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-21

The Labour Inspector conducts an adversarial investigation during which the occupational physician may, at his request, be assisted by a person of his choice from the staff of the occupational health…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-21

When the representative of the public prosecutor is consulted by the competent authority of the executing State on partial recognition of the sentencing decision, he or she shall examine whether an ag…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-21

The revenues of the syndicate's budget may include: 1° Where the syndicate is responsible for the collection as well as the destruction or treatment of household waste, either the proceeds of the tax…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-21

The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer draws up the balance of payments for the territories in the CFP franc zone. It is empowered to obtain any information it requires to perform this task from establis…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-21

In Article R. 713-13 : a) The first paragraph reads as follows: "The commission provided for in Article L. 713-17, known as the election organisation commission, competent to organise, in the constitu…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

The work involved in creating digital subtitling and audio description files and adapting said files to any digital broadcast medium includes:1° Writing the subtitle and audio description texts;2° Int…

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