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Showing 711720 of 20916 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 29 June 2022 – no. 20-11.952

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5212-29-1

…5211-45 and in compliance with the provisions of the second to fifth paragraphs of article L. 5212-29, to withdraw from the union in order to join a community of communes, or to withdraw from it one…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment of a bonus

Article R2171-20

The amount of the premium awarded to each tenderer is equal to the estimated price of the design studies to be carried out as defined in the consultation documents, less a discount of no more than 20%…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Collection of data and information

Article A444-203

…in Article R. 444-17, with the exception of the Conseil national des barreaux, shall transmit by 30 June each year at the latest, either by secure electronic communication in an open computer format t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Valuation of the property

Article D313-20

The documents mentioned in Article L. 313-22 of the French Consumer Code are : 1° The appraisal document and the documents mentioned in article L. 313-21; 2° Documents proving that the expert meets th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-20

Each test is marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is affected by the coefficient provided for the corresponding test.Fitness is awarded by the jury on the basis of the average of the marks obtained by the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…to account for the assessment of income in the various categories, the sums paid, until 31 December 2022, by a taxpayer domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, in respect of the first s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-4

…e persons referred to in the opinion, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article R. 612-29-3, with the exception of supporting documents already submitted.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-5

…at provided for by the articles L. 3213-7 and L. 3213-8 of this code, and recalled in Article D. 47-29-3 above, and that it may take any appropriate action. The Public Prosecutor shall, for the same p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-20

…referred to in article L. 8112-1, the radiation protection inspector referred to in article L. 1333-29 of the Public Health Code and the agents referred to in article L. 1333-30 of the same code may a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-20

…e deferred by the employer under the conditions mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 3142-29, so that the percentage of employees simultaneously absent from the company on sabbatical leave d…

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