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Showing 981990 of 61156 articles for Art. L. 145-16-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Rights and obligations of professionals

Article R444-16

…of those due in respect of a court order, fees received pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 444-1 are freely fixed between the professional and the client, in accordance with the terms and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-16

…ovided for in 1° to 5° and 7° of Article R. 526-3.The events and decisions provided for in articles L. 526-15 and L. 526-17 are also recorded in this register.An application for amending registration…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-16

The amount of the direct allocation is set at:1° 40% of dubbing costs for each foreign version, up to a maximum of :- 70 per minute for two foreign versions per work chosen by the company;- €50 per mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-16

…1434-13 is replaced by the reference to article R. 1441-18 and the words: "provided for in article L. 182-2-1-1 of the Social Security Code" are deleted.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-16

…pal cooperation with their own tax status and the communes constitute operating expenses of Article L. 1212-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-16

The statutory audit firms mentioned in article L. 822-1-4 file or send, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, an application for registration with the Haut conseil du commissariat aux…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-16

…r required for their application: a) Articles 87 A and 87-0 A of the General Tax Code ; b) Articles L. 922-2 , R. 243-2 , R. 243-13 , R. 243-14 and R. 312-4 of the Social Security Code ; c) Articles L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…itions and limits mentioned in 2:a) to the popular retirement savings plans provided for in article L. 144-2 of the Insurance Code;b) On an individual and optional basis to contracts taken out under s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article D314-16

Every quarter, the Banque de France conducts a survey of euro-denominated loans to collect from credit institutions the data needed to calculate average effective rates. This calculation is based on a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R631-16

Articles R. 621-10 to R. 621-25, excluding the first paragraph of article R. 621-23 and article R. 621-20, are applicable to receivership proceedings.

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