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Showing 281290 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-157

…pansion work on a built property, carried out during a twelve-month financial year, must not exceed 15% of the market value of the property assets of the non-trading property investment company as sho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Occupational health

Article R1432-157

Notwithstanding decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 relating to health and safety at work and medical prevention in the civil service, the provisions of Title II of Book VI of Part IV of the regulatory p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-15

…temporary residence permit issued under the conditions defined in articles L. 426-12 and L. 426-13 may not be later than that of the temporary residence permit issued, pursuant to article L. 426-11,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Proceedings against the trader

Article R1110-15

If the professional association concerned fails to comply with the three-month time limit stipulated in article R. 1110-11 for implementing the conciliation procedure, or the time limit stipulated in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-15

…the following levels: 1° For the whole body: 1 millisievert per year; 2° For the crystalline lens: 15 millisieverts per year; 3° For the extremities and skin: 50 millisieverts per year; 4° For the ra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1122

…e concerned, the duties applicable to the original deed have not been paid. No registration penalty may be claimed on documents produced in connection with the application of the aforementioned law of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-115

When part of the municipal public domain is made available to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate, under the conditions set out in article L. 1321-2 of this cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-110

In the event that the revenue from fees calculated for the benefit of communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicates pursuant to articles R. 2333-105 to R. 2333-108…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-117

The rates of the fees set above are established for one calendar year.The financial terms of the calculation of the ceiling of the fees defined in article R. 2333-114 change on 1st January of each yea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-111

The decrees in the Council of State provided for in Article L. 2333-84 are issued after consulting the Conseil supérieur de l'énergie.

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