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Showing 29412950 of 52466 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7-2-1989 n° 242

French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 792 bis

When a transfer is recorded with a liberal intention of assets or rights that are the subject of a trust contract or of the fruits derived from the exploitation of these assets or rights, the transfer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article L821-7

The road transport companies mentioned in article L. 821-6 are those operating international routes from a State that is not a party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 in the form of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article D611-7

Approval is granted for a maximum period of three years, renewable by order of the prefect of the region where the group's head office is located. The decision takes into account in particular:The com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Serving the sentence

Article 728-60

The Public Prosecutor shall inform the competent authority of the sentencing State without delay: 1° Of the decisions or measures referred to in Article 728-57, other than those taken by the authoriti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-73

Where the social and economic committee exceeds the thresholds set by decree for at least two of the three criteria mentioned in II of article L. 2315-64, it is required to appoint at least one statut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Civil parties

Article L3515-7

Associations whose statutory purpose includes the fight against smoking, which have been duly registered for at least five years at the time of the events, may exercise the rights granted to civil par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-1

Confiscation orders which may give rise to transmission to or enforcement in another State are those which confiscate property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, as well as any legal instr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L3221-7

Any provision contained in a contract of employment, a collective labour agreement, a wage agreement, a regulation or a wage scale resulting from a decision by an employer or an employers' association…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations

Article R5215-7

For all the municipalities making up the conurbation, the prefect informs the president of the community council: 1° The list of operations decided upon that have not received a start on execution; 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Preventive measures and resources.

Article R4542-7

The display screen keyboard has the following characteristics: 1° It can be tilted and is separate from the screen to enable the worker to adopt a comfortable position which does not cause fatigue of…

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