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Showing 181190 of 32072 articles for Art. 1115 · Cass. com. 7 April 2010 n° 09-65.899 · Cass. com. 24 June 1997 · BOI-ENR-DMTOI-10-50

French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-7

…n or the minister responsible for sports, for the activities mentioned in c of 5° of article R. 212-7 and for the activity of mountain leader, alone or, when the diploma decree so provides, jointly, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Approval of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-50

…rms Social Relations Authority, at the request of one of the organisations mentioned in Articles L. 7343-4 and L. 7343-24. Upon receipt of this request, the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Autho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-50

…be used and the methods of analysis to be used to check compliance with the provisions of 1° to 5° ;7° Procedures for verifying the effectiveness of the treatment process and, where applicable, minimu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing

Article L236-50

…rned by the law of another Member State of the European Union listed in Annex II to Directive EU 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of company…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-50

In urgent cases, representatives of the group may be appointed by court order at the request of any interested party.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exemptions

Article R5134-50

…e work integration support in a case other than those mentioned in articles R. 5134-46 and R. 5134-47, the employer shall pay the amount of the employer's social security contributions and contributio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Distribution of proceeds from assets

Article R742-50

If a letter of notification is returned to the liquidator but cannot be delivered to its addressee, the liquidator shall proceed by way of service.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-11

…gnition respectively made pursuant to Articles 30 and 40 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Provisions for monitoring sentenced persons after their release during the period of reduced sentences

Article D147-50

…ced person must comply with the obligations and prohibitions imposed on him on the basis of Article 721-2 shall not be suspended if the sentenced person is imprisoned again.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: National master plan for blood transfusion organisation and regional blood transfusion organisation plans

Article R1222-50

The President of the Etablissement Français du Sang submits the draft regional plan for an opinion, by any means which confers a date of receipt, to each regional health agency concerned and to the Mi…

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