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Showing 10911100 of 24422 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 Sept. 2011 – no. 10-21.623

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-20-2

The judicial authority may, at the discretion of the public prosecutor, communicate to the French Anti-Doping Agency any information it gathers in the course of legal proceedings which may give rise t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-2

A specialised professional fund may only dispose of unmatured or lapsed loans that it has granted after the Autorité des marchés financiers has approved a specific programme of operations submitted by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-20-4

The gender equality and anti-discrimination referent carries out the following tasks: 1° Providing information and carrying out awareness-raising initiatives for officers and volunteer firefighters, a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-20-1

I. - The provisions of IIIa of Article L. 2224-12-4 apply to increases in the volume of water consumed due to a leak in a drinking water pipe after the meter, excluding leaks due to household applianc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-20

COMPOSITION OF THE APPLICATION FORM FOR THE COMMON GENERAL TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHING, SUPERVISION AND TRAINING IN MOUNTAIN SPORTS The application includes the following documents: - an application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-2

…n of all the competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater C

…ay benefit from an income tax credit in respect of expenditure actually incurred, between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025, for the acquisition and installation of an electric vehicle charging syst…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209-0 A

1° For the determination of their taxable income, undertakings which hold units or shares in undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities or collective investment schemes covered…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-1

To be authorised, a blood depot must meet the following conditions: 1° Have an organisation and resources enabling it to carry out its activities in accordance with the procedures defined by order of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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