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Showing 321330 of 42727 articles for Art. L. 145-37 et Art. L. 145-38

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article L522-37-1

…m. This storage receipt may not be admitted to trading on a multilateral system defined in articles L. 421-1, L. 424-1 or L. 425-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code. It attests to its holder's owners…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-37-1

A consultative commission is created between any union exercising the competence mentioned in the second paragraph of IV of article L. 2224-31 and all the public establishments for intercommunal coope…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-37-2

…ir commitment, for a period not exceeding twenty-four months, volunteer fire fighters who have completed the training enabling them to participate in missions of emergency first aid and care for peopl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article L522-37-3

Fungible goods represented by a storage receipt may be replaced by goods of the same nature, kind and quality. A storage receipt may be issued representing a batch of fungible goods to be taken from a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-38

…itanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corse" regional grouping; 4° The "Hauts-de-France, Normandie, Bretagne, Pays-de-la-Loire" regional grouping; 5° The "Centre-Val de Loire, Nouvelle Aquitaine" region…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Register matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 30

…invited to present its written observations before the court orders the convening of the general meeting.The order may only be subject to an immediate appeal.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…Where import or export is permitted only on presentation of an authorisation, licence, certificate, etc., the goods are prohibited if they are not accompanied by a regular document of title or if they…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 380

…rs, wholesalers of mineral oils, derivatives and residues, as well as garage distributors and fuel retailers benefit, for the recovery of the part of their claim representing customs duties and taxes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 33 ter, 40 to 43 bis and 151 sexies, taxable profit is net profit, determined on the basis of the overall results of operations of any kind carried out by comp…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Annex to the code of civil procedure relating to its application in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

Article ANNEXE, art. 1

The Code of Civil Procedure is applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, subject to the specific provisions not repealed and the permanent provisions below.

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