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Showing 25112520 of 22671 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-11-2012 n° 11-14.671

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289-0

I. - The invoicing rules provided for in Article 289 apply to transactions deemed to be located in France pursuant to Articles 258 to 259 D, excluding those carried out by a taxable person who has est…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289 B

I.-Any taxable person identified for value added tax purposes must file, within a period and in accordance with procedures laid down by decree, a summary statement of customers, with their value added…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286 ter

The following shall be identified by an individual number:1° Every taxable person who carries out supplies of goods or services entitling him to deduction; a) (Repealed) b) (Repealed) c) (Repealed)2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article A37-28

…ctification where information about you is subject to automated processing (art. 39 et 40 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978) to:-the officer of the public prosecutor's office at the local court or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-28

The professional practice standard relating to the limited review of interim accounts in application of legal or regulatory provisions, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: . NEP-241…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article R3332-28

The cases in which shares or units acquired on behalf of members are delivered to them before expiry of the minimum five-year lock-up period are the cases listed in Article R. 3324-22.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-28

I.-On pain of nullity, the act of renunciation provided for by article L. 526-25 of the French Commercial Code shall contain the following information concerning the sole trader renouncing the protect…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article R2135-28

I. - For the application of 1° of I of article L. 2135-13, the fund distributes its appropriations equally between employees' trade union organisations and employers' professional organisations in acc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

I.-Category A and B customs officers, specially designated by order of the ministers responsible for justice and the budget, taken after the assent of a commission whose composition and operation are…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of subcontracting after notification of the contract

Article R2393-28

Acceptance of the subcontractor and, where applicable, approval of its terms of payment are recorded by the signature of the special subcontracting agreement. If the purchaser remains silent for twent…

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