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Showing 841850 of 28297 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-7-2016 n° 15-12370

French General Tax CodeIn force
2° Special schemes

Article 743 bis

For properties leased for a period of more than twelve years under the conditions provided for in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the basis of assessment for the land registr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6145-75

University hospital centres may create subsidiaries whose corporate purpose falls within the scope defined by article L. 6145-7 and concerns: 1° Abroad, training, audit, consultancy and participation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Investment for the preparation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-73

Only the following expenditure directly allocated to the preparation of the work, excluding the production company's own operating expenditure, is eligible for investment of the sums entered in the au…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article D571-7

When the bulletin sent by the criminal records office to the competent administrative authority is marked nil, it is given or sent by the authority to the manager of the legal entity. In the opposite…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-7

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Secondary accountants may be appointed by the accounti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article L4414-7

As from 1 January 2000, a fraction of the annual tax on office premises, commercial premises and storage premises, governed by article 231 ter of the General Tax Code, is allocated to the Ile-de-Franc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-7

Under the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, additional categories of displaced persons who are not referred to in the Council Decision provided for in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-7

If the withdrawal of authorisation referred to in Article L. 325-1 or in this Code or in Articles 6 or 7 of Article L. 612-39 of the Monetary and Financial Code concerns an undertaking referred to in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-7

If sums are owed to a rights holder for acts of exploitation performed before his request for total or partial termination took effect, or under an exploitation authorisation granted before that effec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article R721-7

In the event of a property seizure, where the forced sale of a debtor's property has been ordered and the commission refers the matter to the judge responsible for the property seizure for the purpose…

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