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Showing 16811690 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-47

…tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations, respectively referred to in articles 28-1 and 28-2, specially authorised and individually designated by their hierarchical superior, have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article Annexe

…delivered to the sole trader) (the content of the information provided under III of article D. 526-28 of the French Commercial Code may be appended hereto) IV. IV -Waiver of the seven-day cooling-off…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23

…ividuelle des ressources;10° Where applicable, the proceeds of the taxes provided for in Articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the General Tax Code;11° The fraction of value-added tax provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…keting authorisation; 18° For the homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 5° of article R. 5121-28 the words: "Homeopathic medicinal product traditionally used in" followed by the therapeutic indi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 20…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-81

…ing to the reference price per seat determined under the conditions provided for in articles L. 212-28 to L. 212-30 of the Code du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, included in the declaration of receipts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-1

…o the payments made to the Treasury the previous year pursuant to the articles L. 6354-2 et L. 6331-28 of the Labour Code, the distribution of which obeys the same criteria as those mentioned in 1° ab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-27

…1° They are carried out with a person mentioned in the second paragraph of II of article R. 214-32-28 ; 2° They are governed by a framework agreement mentioned in articles L. 211-36 and L. 211-36-1;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4

…ntioned bodies, manage, as a processor, the processing under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of the aforementioned Regulation. II. - The personal data and information likely to be recorded i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 nonies

I. - At the request of the company, the added value of establishments exempt from business property tax pursuant to the decision of a municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal coopera…

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