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Showing 10811090 of 26326 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-11-2004 n° 1170

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-11

For life insurance and capitalisation contracts where a unit of account is made up of units in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10 or by a société civile de placement immobilier and subject to ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-11

The joint fund helps to finance the following activities, which constitute missions of general interest for the employees' trade union organisations and the professional employers' organisations conce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-115

For doctors, dental surgeons and midwives required to be registered on the roll of the Association, the Departmental Council of the Association in whose area of jurisdiction their place of professiona…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Automated processing of personal data known as "digital criminal records

Article R249-11

The following categories of personal data may be recorded: 1° Concerning witnesses, victims, accused persons, persons under investigation or placed under the status of assisted witness, persons prosec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-1

In addition to the penalties provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10, the court may order the total or partial, definitive or temporary closure, for a maximum period of five years, of the esta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-11

I. - The Haut Conseil du développement professionnel continu des professions de santé (High Council for Continuing Professional Development in the Healthcare Professions) has the following missions: 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Calculation of tax

Article 979

I.-The real estate wealth tax of a taxpayer whose tax residence is in France is reduced by the difference between, on the one hand, the total of this tax and the taxes due in France and abroad in resp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-11

I.-The calculation of group solvency takes account of the proportional share held by the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 356-8 in its affiliated undertakings. This proport…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-11

When an accident at work occurs in a company where serious or repeated breaches of health and safety rules at work have been identified, the court hearing the case, which acquits the natural person(s)…

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