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Showing 14411450 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Control

Article R6332-95

…s laid down in articles R. 6332-22, R. 6332-22-3 to R. 6332-22-5, R. 6332-25 to R. 6332-27, R. 6332-28-1 and R. 6332-29, R. 6332-42 and R. 6332-94 will give rise to a repayment of the same amount by t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 quater

…462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986, is calculated pro rata to the length of time the premises were used to accommodate employees a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-26

From 1986 onwards, communes receive a special allocation, deducted from State revenue, to cover the costs they incur in housing teachers.This allocation changes each year in line with the overall oper…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 258 A

…259D, II.2 or under the conditions laid down in Article 59c, 3 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax; 2° The place of supply of goods dispatched…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 708

…ne or suspension of the driving licence has been decided by the trial court pursuant to article 132-28 of the Criminal Code, this decision may be modified under the conditions set out in the previous…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-3

…date of the last accounting period. For the application of articles R. 663-5 to R. 663-8 and R. 663-28, the turnover is that achieved during the observation period or the period of continued activity.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-27

…ditional information required to examine the application. The period provided for inarticle R. 5141-28 is then suspended until receipt of the information requested.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-32-1

…holder of an authorisation submits, in accordance with the conditions laid down in article R. 6122-28, includes: 1° The applicant's undertaking to implement and maintain the conditions for the locati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-2

…4-802 of 29 July 2004 R. 4127-35 Decree no. 2012-694 of 7 May 2012 R. 4127-36Decree no. 2021-684 of 28 May 2021R. 4127-37 to R. 4127-37-1Decree no. 2016-1066 of 3 August 2016 R. 4127-37-2 Decree no. 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18

…s 1 to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002, as amended, laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establ…

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