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Showing 671680 of 27866 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 17-10-2012 n° 11-21.646

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2352-17

If, in the course of negotiations, the parties decide to lay down participation arrangements, the agreement shall determine the content of these arrangements including, where applicable, the number of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Fractional or deferred payment of duties

Article 1722 bis

In the case provided for in articles 832 and 924-3 of the Civil Code, where the beneficiary of the gift or legacy has time to pay the balances or rewards owed to his co-heirs, the payment of the death…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1771 A

The debtor mentioned in article 1671 who has neither declared nor paid to the public accountant the deductions he has made in application of the same article 1671, if the delay exceeds one month. In t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-10

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year just ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the appro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.

Article L313-17

Without prejudice to articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-9 and L. 341-48 to L. 341-51 of the French Consumer Code, the fixed interest on an equity loan may be increased under the conditions set out in the con…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 173 bis

Where the provisions of Article 173 above are applied, and subject to the provisions relating to value added tax, goods released for consumption in the part of the customs territory of destination are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-17

In the event of a merger or demerger, the preference shares may be exchanged for shares of the companies benefiting from the transfer of assets and liabilities with equivalent special rights, or accor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1751-1

In the event of dissolution of the civil solidarity pact, one of the partners may apply to the court with jurisdiction over tenancy matters for the right to the lease of premises, not of a professiona…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-17

If the judge decides to release the patient and the public prosecutor considers that he has no reason to oppose this release, the latter returns the order to the judge who issued it, stating that he h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-17

Where the action is likely to affect the rights or obligations of other persons who were parties before the Competition Authority, such persons may intervene in the proceedings before the Court of App…

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