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Showing 261270 of 30453 articles for Art. 1215 · Cass. com. 8 February 1966 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. 3e civ. 18 December 1968 · Cass. com. 24 March 1998

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Cash and cash equivalents

Article R6332-27

The cash available to a skills operator at 31 December of a given year for work-linked training or the skills development plan may not exceed one third of the expenses recorded during the last financi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-27

…tified; or 3° Without having complied with the conditions laid down in Articles L. 313-16 to L. 313-18, applicable to the assessment of a borrower's creditworthiness. L. 313-16 to L. 313-18, applicabl…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Control by the Autorité de la concurrence in the event of a dominant position

Article L752-27

…may request any information under the conditions set out in articles L. 450-3, L. 450-7 and L. 450-8 and hear any interested third parties.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article D47-27

If the mental disorder of a person under investigation and remanded in custody requires care and compromises the safety of individuals or seriously undermines public order, the public prosecutor, in a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 812-3

Article A812-27

…n this same list referred to in the Commission's decision, where applicable, pursuant to article R. 812-17: -National law relating to companies in difficulty; -European and international law relating…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…secured on the succession immovables and the personal immovables of the heir as set out in Article 878; 6° The claim of a first-time buyer holding a rent-to-own contract governed by the loi n° 84-595…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Entering into an innovation partnership

Article R2172-27

A prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice may not be used in place of the contract notice.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-27

In article R. 713-27-1: a) The third paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "The minutes are sent to the Prefect of the territorial collectivity, who sends a copy to the Minister responsib…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-27

…o a court of law. The time spent on the negotiations provided for in articles L. 2232-23-1, L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-25 cannot be deducted from the delegation hours provided for in article L. 2315-7. Ea…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Social protection of practitioners.

Article R6154-27

…to hospital practitioners seconded as university hospital practitioners, in application of article 82 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13th December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospital…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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