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Showing 641650 of 49710 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23-2-1999 n° 422

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Safeguard measures

Article R385-23

I. - When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution requires a supplementary occupational pension fund to submit a recovery plan pursuant to Article L. 612-32 of the Monetary and Financial…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…cated in a zone franche urbaine-territoire entrepreneur defined in B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 du 4 février 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du territoire, as w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.

Article R123-238

Deeds and documents issued by the company and intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications, shall state the company name, immediately and legibl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

…c tax on insurance policies available to the territorial collectivity of Corsica established by loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse et les départements…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Addition of vitamins, minerals and certain other substances to foodstuffs

Article R412-23

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 1, paragraph 2 of Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3, Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-23

The elaborated version of the project is presented entirely or mainly in French or in a regional language used in France.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: The commercial freelance administration contract

Article L1254-23

The contract concluded in writing shall include the following clauses and information: 1° the identity of the employee concerned; 2° a description of the skills, qualifications and areas of expertise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article R3324-23

The employee's request for early liquidation must be made within six months of the triggering event, except in the case of termination of the employment contract, death, invalidity, domestic violence…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-23

I. - When, for a given agreement, the ratio of the sum of the special technical provision, the special technical reversal provision and the net unrealised gains and losses on the assets allocated to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

The following are entered in the wanted persons file in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcemen…

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