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Showing 5160 of 29958 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 9-7-2003 n° 918

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater N

When the settlor of a trust defined in Article 2011 of the Civil Code does not carry on an activity falling within the articles 34 or 35, an agricultural activity within the meaning of article 63, a p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B nonies

In urban communities, the deliberative councils may decide, by a majority of two-thirds of the communes representing half of the population or half of the communes representing two-thirds of the popul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies A

1. Failure to comply with the undertakings entered into with a view to obtaining administrative approval or failure to comply with the conditions to which the granting of the latter was subject shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 752-4)

Article Annexe 7-9

TABLE SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES R. 752-16 AND R. 752-38 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODEYou can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-9

If the non-detained sentenced person, duly summoned to the address declared to the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he or she is placed, fails, without legitimate reason, to attend t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-7

The distribution expenses eligible for direct grants are those mentioned in 2° of article 222-9.These expenses, with the exception of those relating to the purchase of advertising space on television…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-9

The commission shall take into account, in the amount of the sums awarded to the victim as compensation for his loss:benefits paid by the bodies, establishments and services managing a compulsory soci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95

If the requirements of the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-7

The amount of aid from the compensation fund is equal to the amount of the additional cost after application of an excess to be borne by the delegated production company.The excess corresponds to 15%…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XXI: Communication by electronic means.

Article 748-9

As an exception to the provisions of this Title, where it is provided that a notice, summons or receipt is sent by the court registry to a person mentioned in Article 692-1, by any means, by simple le…

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