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Chronological Index
Subject Index

 

Chronological Index

(Only selected articles available in highlighted issues)

October 03 10 / 2003

06 / 2000 No. 38

05 / 2000 No. 37

04 / 2000 No. 36

03 / 2000 No. 35

02 / 2000 No. 34

01 / 2000 No. 33

12 / 1999 No. 32

11 / 1999 No. 31

10 / 1999 No. 30

09 / 1999 No. 29

08 / 1999 No. 28

07 / 1999 No. 27

06 / 1999 No. 26

05 / 1999 No. 25

04 / 1999 No. 24

03 / 1999 No. 23

02 / 1999 No. 22

01 / 1999 No. 21

12 / 1998 No. 20

11 / 1998 No. 19

10 / 1998 No. 18

09 / 1998 No. 17

08 / 1998 No. 16

0 7/ 1998   No. 15

0 6/ 1998 No. 14

0 5/ 1998 No. 13

0 4/ 1998 No. 12

0 3/ 1998 No. 11

02 / 1998 No. 10

01 / 1998 No. 9

12 / 1997 No. 8

11 / 1997 No. 7

10 / 1997 No. 6

09 / 1997 No. 5

08 / 1997 No. 4

07 / 1997 No. 3

06 / 1997 No. 2

05 / 1997 No. 1


Subject Index since 01/ 1999

(Highlighted articles available for on-ligne consultation)

Accounting

Business

Culture

Economics

International

Law

Politics

Society

Tax & Public Finance




Accounting Accounting and Tax of liberal professions 04 / 2000 36
Accounting Accounting : Consolidation of corporate accounts 09 / 1999 29
Accounting Accounting : electronic exchange of invoices 06 / 1999 26
Accounting How does the Bank of France account for fluctuations? 05 / 1999 25
Accounting Accounting for the Euro in the transition period (1999-2001) 04 / 1999 24
Business Concentration of Management Control 06 / 2000 38
Business Leneuf et Le 9 06 / 2000 38
Business Bernard Arnault loses money as Boo.com closes down 06 / 2000 38
Business France Telecom buys Orange for 43.2 billion Euros 06 / 2000 38
Business Free Internet for Employment seekers 05 / 2000 37
Business Securitisation: Virtual sales of Champagne 05 / 2000 37
Business Boosting the CAC 40 05 / 2000 37
Business France MP3 and SACEM get together 04 / 2000 36
Business Matra, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, Construcciones Aeronautics to merge 04 / 2000 36
Business Euronext in Euroland 04 / 2000 36
Business Top Business Schools 03 / 2000 35
Business Electrifying the Electricity sector 03 / 2000 35
Business Supporting the Professional Education Business 03 / 2000 35
Business Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham merge 02 / 2000 34
Business Carrefour-Promodès 02 / 2000 34
Business Coface goes public 02 / 2000 34
Business Patrice Vignot joins Im Media Res 01 / 2000 33
Business Powerful telecommunication operators 01 / 2000 33
Business Radio diffusion 01 / 2000 33
Business The radio local loop 01 / 2000 33
Business Shares of Thomson CSF sold to Alcatel 01 / 2000 33
Business Bulk Drugs versus Branded medicines 12 / 1999 32
Business DASA merges with Matra-Aerospatiale 11 / 1999 31
Business Futuroscope sold to Americans 11 / 1999 31
Business Carrefour-Promodès alliance 10 / 1999 30
Business Decree on transport of goods - Weeding out small enterprise 10 / 1999 30
Business Michelin - a need to deflate! 10 / 1999 30
Business Regulating the film industry 10 / 1999 30
Business Total-Fina takes over Elf 10 / 1999 30
Business Business lessons from COB decisions 10 / 1999 30
Business AOM for Swissair and Marine-Wendel 08 / 1999 28
Business The SMIC 08 / 1999 28
Business Mory S.A. privatised 08 / 1999 28
Business The CEO of Thomson Radar and Contra-Measures fined for illegal work 07 / 1999 27
Business Telephone price war continues 06 / 1999 26
Business EDF reduces prices 06 / 1999 26
Business Professors can advise bureaucrats 06 / 1999 26
Business Subsidies to insurance companies - agricultural policies 06 / 1999 26
Business Siemens comes to France 06 / 1999 26
Business The merger of ERAMET and SIMA 06 / 1999 26
Business Fixed property and the Besson Law 05 / 1999 25
Business The fight for Gucci 05 / 1999 25
Business Galeries Lafayette's semi-naked women 05 / 1999 25
Business The economics of nightlife 05 / 1999 25
Business Aérospatiale Matra 05 / 1999 25
Business Renault buys into Nissan 04 / 1999 24
Business Metro Line 14: East meets West 04 / 1999 24
Business Subsidising Telephones: just another instance of price discrimination? 04 / 1999 24
Business BNP wants to buy out everbody 04 / 1999 24
Business France Télécom: falling but still strong 04 / 1999 24
Business The strike on French Internet 04 / 1999 24
Business Telephoning by Internet 04 / 1999 24
Business France Telecom: Price hike of 10 francs per month 03 / 1999 23
Business Matra gets into Aérospatiale 03 / 1999 23
Business Société Générale becomes biggest in EU 03 / 1999 23
Business Bailing out of Air France 03 / 1999 23
Business Corporate Fusions 03 / 1999 23
Business Free diffusion of Public information on Internet 03 / 1999 23
Business EDF 02 / 1999 22
Business The government is reducing its share of Air France 02 / 1999 22
Business COMMUNICATION and MORALE 02 / 1999 22
Business Sales! Sales! Sales! 01 / 1999 21
Business www://legifrance.gouv.fr 01 / 1999 21
Business Thomson Multimedia - Big deals 01 / 1999 21
Business Crédit Lyonnais (CL) 01 / 1999 21
Culture A Space 06 / 2000 38
Culture Guernica 06 / 2000 38
Culture BASIA MILLE, DEINDE CENTUM 05 / 2000 37
Culture Jennifer Pinard 04 / 2000 36
Culture AVANT GARDENING 03 / 2000 35
Culture Frozen Music 03 / 2000 35
Culture Le mano gris 02 / 2000 34
Culture Centre Pompidou opens again 02 / 2000 34
Culture The Indo-French thought group 02 / 2000 34
Culture Year 2000: Leading To A Brave New World? 01 / 2000 33
Culture FANTASY 01 / 2000 33
Culture The way out 01 / 2000 33
Culture Acceptance 01 / 2000 33
Culture Loneliness 01 / 2000 33
Culture How I know its Christmas time 12 / 1999 32
Culture Alan Crosthwaite makes music 12 / 1999 32
Culture FLYING HOME 12 / 1999 32
Culture Subsidies to promote new artists 12 / 1999 32
Culture 2 SEASONAL POEMS 11 / 1999 31
Culture Laetitia Casta as Marianne 11 / 1999 31
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - The End - 10 / 1999 30
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - X, Y & Z 09 / 1999 29
Culture TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - U, V & W 08 / 1999 28
Culture The Parc de Choisy 08 / 1999 28
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - R, S & T 07 / 1999 27
Culture Mick Collins : WinoTime 07 / 1999 27
Culture Soleil d'Or and Bharat Natyam 07 / 1999 27
Culture The Breakfast Club 06 / 1999 26
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - O, P & Q 06 / 1999 26
Culture Domaine national de Saint-Cloud 05 / 1999 25
Culture Château de Breteuil 05 / 1999 25
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - L,M & N 05 / 1999 25
Culture The gardens of Albert Kahn 05 / 1999 25
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - I, J, K 04 / 1999 24
Culture The Parc de Bercy 03 / 1999 23
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - F, G, H &I 02 / 1999 22
Culture Zingaro - Eclipse 02 / 1999 22
Culture A TOUR OF PARIS IN ALPHABET POEMS - D, D & E 01 / 1999 21
Culture Auguste Comte (1798-1857): Positivism 01 / 1999 21
Economics Unemployment below 10 % 06 / 2000 38
Economics Economic indicators: compared to G-7 04 / 2000 36
Economics Welfare Allowances 04 / 2000 36
Economics Agricultural subsidies 04 / 2000 36
Economics Stimulating new technology 03 / 2000 35
Economics Economics of divorce 03 / 2000 35
Economics Unemployment 12 / 1999 32
Economics Social Security Statistics 12 / 1999 32
Economics Stimulating researchers to innovate their inventions 11 / 1999 31
Economics Holiday Cheques 08 / 1999 28
Economics CSG outstrips Personal Income Tax 06 / 1999 26
Economics Subsidising Investment in Private Schools 06 / 1999 26
Economics Another proposal towards resolving unemployment 05 / 1999 25
Economics Currencies commentary 03 / 1999 23
Economics French budget for 1999 02 / 1999 22
Economics Local Finances: State-City Contracts 02 / 1999 22
Economics Unemployment crashes below 12% 01 / 1999 21
Economics Boosting the supply and demand for legal labour of long-term unemployed
(A tale of two decrees )
01 / 1999 21
Economics Zero French inflation 01 / 1999 21
International Defence agreement approved 03 / 2000 35
International Electronic signatures 02 / 2000 34
International Catastrophes 01 / 2000 33
International EU expansion plans 01 / 2000 33
International World Trade Congress (WTC): The French exception 12 / 1999 32
International The French Mad Cows and English beef 12 / 1999 32
International The EU directive allowing reduced VAT on labour-intensive services clears the way 12 / 1999 32
International EAGGF : THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND (FEOGA in French) 11 / 1999 31
International Intra-Europe bilateral co-operation : The Franco-German University 11 / 1999 31
International Car manufacturers and federalism 10 / 1999 30
International European Union: Is everyone free to move? 09 / 1999 29
International The end of intra-EU Duty Free 08 / 1999 28
International The participants in the European elections 07 / 1999 27
International Fiscal federalism: Taxing mobile interest income 07 / 1999 27
International European elections 06 / 1999 26
International Is the EU taking over more than the Senate wants it to chew? 06 / 1999 26
International Council for Europe: Regional languages to be revived 06 / 1999 26
International Eurozone : Forbach-Sarrebruck 06 / 1999 26
International EU control of aid to industry 05 / 1999 25
International Creation and Destruction 05 / 1999 25
International Is Europe thinking of creating risky electronic money? 05 / 1999 25
International The European Commission resigns 04 / 1999 24
International Comedy as Tactics: The Unofficial French Position 04 / 1999 24
International The French scare: Common Agricultural Policy 04 / 1999 24
International The Euro has come 01 / 1999 21
Law Measures to boost employment and productivity - Different schemes to help you save on labour cost and to provide training 05 / 2000 37
Law Law to limit accumulation of political mandates 05 / 2000 37
Law Disablement and Death insurance of professionals 04 / 2000 36
Law Civil Volunteers: undermining the minimum wage 04 / 2000 36
Law Adapting laws of evidence to information technology and electronic signatures 04 / 2000 36
Law Details of the 35-hour week 03 / 2000 35
Law Disabled workers 03 / 2000 35
Law Paritarisme 03 / 2000 35
Law The 35-hour week 02 / 2000 34
Law Social Security Financing Act passed 02 / 2000 34
Law Fine-tuning unemployment doles for partial or temporary unemployment 02 / 2000 34
Law Reform of French Justice Cancelled 02 / 2000 34
Law Social security ceiling goes up 01 / 2000 33
Law Xmas bonus to those on the doles 01 / 2000 33
Law Codification by Ordinances under article 38 01 / 2000 33
Law The 35 hour week 01 / 2000 33
Law Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature : The proposed constitutional Amendment 12 / 1999 32
Law PACS: homosexuals get tax and social advantages 12 / 1999 32
Law Helping victims of penal offences 11 / 1999 31
Law Usury 10 / 1999 30
Law Universal Medical Coverage 09 / 1999 29
Law Constitutional Amendment on the equality of men and women 08 / 1999 28
Law Constitutional Amendment: International penal court 08 / 1999 28
Law The law relating to magistrates 08 / 1999 28
Law Jean Glavany: Planting the seeds of agricultural policy 08 / 1999 28
Law Employment : "Cooperation Conventions" frozen 08 / 1999 28
Law Voynet blurs the map of France 08 / 1999 28
Law Pre-emptive Rights to SAFER of Corsica 07 / 1999 27
Law Driving rules modified 07 / 1999 27
Law The Conseil Constitutionnel judges the European Charter For Regional Or Minority Languages 07 / 1999 27
Law The dividing line between the legislator and the executive
Articles 34, 37 and 38 of the French Constitution

Articles 34, 37 and 38 of the French Constitution
07 / 1999 27
Law Is the President liable? 06 / 1999 26
Law Bob Denard let off 06 / 1999 26
Law Letting volunteer firefighters leave 05 / 1999 25
Law PACS - Back again 05 / 1999 25
Law Bercy loses 05 / 1999 25
Law The judge gets sued 05 / 1999 25
Law Meanwhile, women must work at night 05 / 1999 25
Law Municipal Police 05 / 1999 25
Law The Roland Dumas case 04 / 1999 24
Law Privileged information 04 / 1999 24
Law Vicarious Liability 04 / 1999 24
Law The law fighting dope in sports 04 / 1999 24
Law Over-indebtedness 04 / 1999 24
Law French socialism's era of control 04 / 1999 24
Law The vital card 04 / 1999 24
Law Contaminated blood case: no punishments inflicted 04 / 1999 24
Law Contaminated blood affair 03 / 1999 23
Law Conseil Constitutional : A senator cannot be president of a CCI 03 / 1999 23
Law Cour de Cassation invalidates COB procedures, power not castrated 03 / 1999 23
Law Regional electoral reform 02 / 1999 22
Law The tenth Amendment 02 / 1999 22
Law CNIL : Discrimination between Nationalities not allowed in assessing credit risk 02 / 1999 22
Law Fictitious jobs in Paris: Chirac is above the law 02 / 1999 22
Law Creating disincentives for firing old people 02 / 1999 22
Law Social Security ceiling raised 01 / 1999 21
Law Family Welfare Allowance age limit increased 01 / 1999 21
Law Social Security Financing Act passed 01 / 1999 21
Law Marylise Lebranchu! What happened to your 37 propositions? 01 / 1999 21
Law Old-age and Invalidity Allowances 01 / 1999 21
Politics Political predictions for 2001 06 / 2000 38
Politics THE FISCAL DRAG FIASCO, Interpreting Jospin's TV appearance on budget revisions:Did bankers rap his knuckles? 04 / 2000 36
Politics Cabinet Reshuffle 04 / 2000 36
Politics The Roland Dumas Affair 04 / 2000 36
Politics Political reflections in the wake of the cabinet reshuffle 04 / 2000 36
Politics Tiberi or not to be re----elected 04 / 2000 36
Politics Jospin oversteps boundary 03 / 2000 35
Politics Le Pen out of PACA 03 / 2000 35
Politics Keeping chemists down 02 / 2000 34
Politics Enter Florence Parly into Sautter's old shoes 02 / 2000 34
Politics Medef huffs and puffs 02 / 2000 34
Politics Xavière Tiberi let off 01 / 2000 33
Politics Why Corsica has to go 01 / 2000 33
Politics DSK: what are the issues? 01 / 2000 33
Politics RPR elections 01 / 2000 33
Politics Chevènement encourages Muslims ( in a secular State with no minority representation) 12 / 1999 32
Politics DSK : Tiberi II 12 / 1999 32
Politics The 35-hour week hots up 11 / 1999 31
Politics Economic Analysis Council - Equal representation of men and women in politics? 10 / 1999 30
Politics Bernard Kouchner leaves the government 08 / 1999 28
Politics Nicole Fontaine becomes President of the EU Parliament 08 / 1999 28
Politics The Prefects of Corsica 07 / 1999 27
Politics While Corsica burns 06 / 1999 26
Politics Fighting for the National Front coffers 06 / 1999 26
Politics The 35-hour week: new fodder 06 / 1999 26
Politics A pack of financial watchdogs 05 / 1999 25
Politics The State donates funds to political parties 05 / 1999 25
Politics Pasqua joins Villiers 05 / 1999 25
Politics What about the socialists? 05 / 1999 25
Politics Philippe Séguin resigns 05 / 1999 25
Politics Jean-Pierre Masseret gets re-designated 04 / 1999 24
Politics Territorial inequalities 04 / 1999 24
Politics Mouvement des Citoyens: lost ideals 04 / 1999 24
Politics The Court of Justice of the Republic 03 / 1999 23
Politics Hollande to lead Socialists 03 / 1999 23
Politics The politics of controlling Associations 03 / 1999 23
Politics Séguin to lead RPR and DL 03 / 1999 23
Politics Pasqua : Intrigue of the month 03 / 1999 23
Politics Political briefs 03 / 1999 23
Politics Evaluating Public Policy 03 / 1999 23
Politics RPR split 02 / 1999 22
Politics The Trotskyists get together 02 / 1999 22
Politics Charles Millon out 02 / 1999 22
Politics WHO IS WHO : (The big boss of the National Front) 02 / 1999 22
Politics Charles Millon - Political Actor of the Year 1998 01 / 1999 21
Politics A new twist on simplification 01 / 1999 21
Politics The FN steals the show 01 / 1999 21
Politics Political and economic briefs 01 / 1999 21
Society 10 years of Indo-French Reflection Group 06 / 2000 38
Society Marseille 06 / 2000 38
Society Uplifting Second-Generation immigrants from being second grade citizens 06 / 2000 38
Society Housing, Cities and Transport: Background to a new bill 06 / 2000 38
Society Fight against high-tech crime 06 / 2000 38
Society Some Interesting Statistics 06 / 2000 38
Society The Problem of the French Basques 05 / 2000 37
Society Where do you go from Paris? 05 / 2000 37
Society Preventing torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners 04 / 2000 36
Society Women in senior bureaucratic positions 04 / 2000 36
Society Road Accidents 04 / 2000 36
Society The Defender of Children 04 / 2000 36
Society Household help 04 / 2000 36
Society The Vital Card 04 / 2000 36
Society School Canteens 04 / 2000 36
Society Age Statistics 03 / 2000 35
Society The Bleuet de France 03 / 2000 35
Society Marriage statistics 03 / 2000 35
Society Where to live in France? 03 / 2000 35
Society OECD rates France highly regulated 03 / 2000 35
Society Region-wise Population 1990-99 02 / 2000 34
Society French population: 1999 02 / 2000 34
Society The day after pill 02 / 2000 34
Society Looking after the French expatriates 02 / 2000 34
Society The Bank of France turns 200 02 / 2000 34
Society Permitting foreigners to teach in medical schools - Embassies willing 02 / 2000 34
Society National Calender for asking for donations for 2000 01 / 2000 33
Society Selling French education to India 12 / 1999 32
Society This month in search of an identity 12 / 1999 32
Society Maurice Papon (80 years old) gives French police a run for its money 11 / 1999 31
Society The National Consultative Committee for Ethics (NCCE) 11 / 1999 31
Society This month in search of an identity 11 / 1999 31
Society Nobel Peace Prize to Médecins sans Frontières 11 / 1999 31
Society This month in search of an identity 10 / 1999 30
Society Fewer foreigners studying in France 10 / 1999 30
Society Amends to the Jews 10 / 1999 30
Society This month in search of an identity 09 / 1999 29
Society This month in search of an identity 08 / 1999 28
Society The control of Noise Pollution 08 / 1999 28
Society The war against Termites 07 / 1999 27
Society This month in search of an identity 07 / 1999 27
Society The ASSEDIC and the ANPE 07 / 1999 27
Society Lyon University library burns 07 / 1999 27
Society This month in the life of a proletarian 06 / 1999 26
Society RATP gets friendly with kids 06 / 1999 26
Society Professions barred to non-European foreigners 05 / 1999 25
Society This month in the life of a proletarian 05 / 1999 25
Society This month in the life of a proletarian 04 / 1999 24
Society The document of circulation for minor foreigners 04 / 1999 24
Society OMI - Office des migrations internationales 04 / 1999 24
Society The Universities of Paris 04 / 1999 24
Society This month in the life of a proletarian 03 / 1999 23
Society University of Technology at Belfort-Montbéliard 02 / 1999 22
Society This month in the life of a proletarian 02 / 1999 22
Society The Sainte-Geneviève Library 02 / 1999 22
Society The rights of foreign students 02 / 1999 22
Society The security problem 02 / 1999 22
Society Fighting over Dogshit 02 / 1999 22
Society The outcasts strike again 01 / 1999 21
Society SNCF - a long strike 01 / 1999 21
Society The irregular immigrants: another 80,000 seeking regularisation 01 / 1999 21
Society The Jealousy Sheet 01 / 1999 21
Society This month in the life of a proletarian 01 / 1999 21
Tax Introduction to French Taxation 06 / 2000 38
Tax Tax Changes 06 / 2000 38
Tax French GDP around FF 9000 billion 05 / 2000 37
Tax Penalty for delays in paying vacant property tax 03 / 2000 35
Tax Tax 2000 03 / 2000 35
Tax Public Finances: Budget 2000 03 / 2000 35
Tax Fiscal Drag of FF 31 million 03 / 2000 35
Tax The tax on cars and the automobile profile of France 11 / 1999 31
Tax FINANCE BILL for 2000 10 / 1999 30
Tax Personal Income Tax Return 03 / 1999 23
Tax Tax deducted at source on salaries, wages, pensions and life annuities 03 / 1999 23
Tax Conseil d'Etat: If a spouse lives abroad, the French resident can still claim benefit of family quotients 03 / 1999 23



























 


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