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Showing 30213030 of 22073 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 31 Mar. 2015 – no. 14-10.346

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-39

…21;2° the date of notification of the decision to grant aid for aid granted between 20 May 2021 and 31 December 2021.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-6

The Bureau of the Court of Cassation meets between 15 and 31 March at the invitation of the First President. It counts the votes and ranks the candidates in descending order of the number of votes obt…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-1

…THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 512-2 to L. 512-17, L. 512-22 to L. 512-33, L. 512-39 to L. 512-50 and L. 531-1 to L. 531-5 Resulting from the ordonnance no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax system

Article 575 E bis

…s for the same products, set in accordance with the table below: Product group From 1 March 2023 to 31 December 2023 From 1 January 2024 31 December 2024 From 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 Cigare…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article R2564-22

The requirements of article R. 2224-14 must be met, in Mayotte, by 31 December 2020 at the latest for wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-59

The craft businesses referred to in the seventh paragraph of article L. 431-14 are defined in the first paragraph of article 1 of decree no. 62-235 of 1 March 1962 amended by article 1 of decree no. 7…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-5

…la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 2121-2 la loi n° 2013-403 du 17 mai 2013 L. 2121-2-1 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2121-3 to L. 2121-6 la loi n° 96-142 du 21 février 1996 L. 2121…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-5

Sont applicables en Nouvelle-Calédonie et en Polynésie française, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 771-6, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the tab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-18

…due before the approval of the budget ;3° Until the budget is approved, if this takes place before 31 March, and after deliberation by the general meeting, commit, liquidate and mandate investment ex…

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

Article R214-203-4

…xcluding collective investments and financial undertakings within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term invest…

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