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Showing 671680 of 42407 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 23-3-1994 n° 535

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Ceiling

Article 232-22

The total sums allocated may not exceed 90% of the total cost of the work, investment or training carried out or to be carried out.If the total sums allocated are less than the aforementioned ceiling,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-23

The terms "economic interest group" and "EIG" may only be used by groups subject to this chapter. The public prosecutor or any interested person may request the president of the competent court ruling…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Water and sanitation

Article R2564-23

The requirements of article R. 2224-12 must be met, in Mayotte, by 31 December 2027 at the latest, in the cases of: - discharges into fresh waters and estuaries, from wastewater agglomerations whose p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Abstentions, impediments and challenges

Article R4234-23

I.-A member of the court who considers that there are grounds for disqualification in his or her person or who conscientiously considers that he or she should abstain shall be replaced by another memb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article R214-234

The securitisation undertaking may grant the loans referred to in V of Article L. 214-175-1 under the conditions defined by Articles R. 214-203-1, R. 214-203-2, R. 214-203-3 with the exception of I, R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23

I.-Pharmacists may only dispense a medicinal product or product other than that which has been prescribed, or which has a non-proprietary name other than the prescribed non-proprietary name, with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Withholding taxes and levies on certain income and profits earned by companies not established in France for tax purposes

Article 235 quater

I.-The beneficiary of income and profits subject to withholding or deductions at source mentioned in articles 119 bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B may request that the tax paid…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Appeal procedures

Article L743-23

The First President of the Court of Appeal or his delegate may, by reasoned order and without having first summoned the parties, reject statements of appeal that are manifestly inadmissible.When an ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-23

The minutes of the meeting shall indicate the names of the directors present, deemed present within the meaning of article L. 225-37, excused or absent. It shall state the presence or absence of perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The decision on the admissibility of the application and the examination of the conditions of detention

Article R249-23

If the judge deems the application to be admissible, he or she will immediately communicate the admissibility order, by electronic means if necessary, to the head of the prison, asking him or her to f…

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