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Showing 33513360 of 20916 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 29 June 2022 – no. 20-11.952

French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-1

…code are applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles L. 123-1-1, L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 131-1 to L. 131-6, L. 131-9, L. 134-1 to L. 135-3, L. 145-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…re ;27° L'Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité ;28° Institut Pasteur ;29° The Gustave Eiffel University;30° Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'essais (National Labor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…ros.On pain of nullity, evidence obtained by a request made in violation of Article 2 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press may not be added to the file.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Radon management in establishments open to the public

Article R1333-33

…ed in article D. 1333-32 has the radon activity measured:1° In zones 3 mentioned in article R. 1333-29 ; 2° In zones 1 and 2, when the results of existing measurements in these establishments exceed t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune and merged communes

Article R2113-25

For the application of articles L. 2334-4, L. 2334-5, L. 2336-2 and L. 5211-29 the first year of creation of the new commune: 1° The communal bases taken into account are the recorded bases of each fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-4

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…ions provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSIONS RESULTING FROM L. 1621-1 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 1621-2 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 1621-3La loi n° 2021…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals receiving a pension for an accident at work or occupational disease

Article L426-6

A foreign national who receives a pension for an accident at work or occupational disease paid by a French organisation and whose permanent disability rate is equal to or greater than 20% will be issu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 262 bis

The single services mentioned in III of article 257 ter are exempt from value added tax for the part of these services relating to services performed outside the European Union.(Cf. Instruction 1996-1…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-172

The general training common to the teaching, supervision and training professions in mountain sports is assessed by means of a three-hour written test, covering all the subjects covered during the tra…

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