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Showing 19211930 of 62298 articles for Art. 1231-1 et 1231-5 · CA Versailles 20 April 1995 · Cass. 2e civ. 10 July 2003 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 September 2013 n° 12-24.812

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority

Article R7345-10

…and ensures that they are implemented or has them implemented; 2° He prepares the institution's budget; 3° He is the authorising officer for the institution's revenue and expenditure; 4° It shall ente…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil protection reserves.

Article L3142-102

The provisions applicable to employees serving in the civil security reserve are set out in articles L. 724-7 to L. 724-10 of the French Internal Security Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1005

Nevertheless, in the same cases, the universal legatee shall have the enjoyment of the property included in the will, from the day of death, if the request for delivery has been made within one year,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1081

…or gifts made on that account. It may not be made for the benefit of unborn children, except in the cases set out in Chapter VI of this Title.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1078

Subject to the provisions of 3° of article 679, certificates, deeds of notoriety and other documents relating exclusively to the execution of the provisions of articles 84 to 96 of the law of 31 March…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-12

…in the first paragraph of article L. 335-7-1, the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) desi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1036

The registrar of the referring court shall forthwith send, by simple letter, to each of the parties to the cassation proceedings, a copy of the declaration with, if applicable, an indication of the ob…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Claims covered by the insurance.

Article L3253-12

The claims referred to in articles L. 3253-10 and L. 3253-11 are guaranteed: 1° When they are due and payable on the date of the judgment opening the proceedings ; 2° When, if a plan organising the sa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-12

…rst paragraph of article L. 6333-6 is subject to the financial management and accounting rules applicable to industrial and commercial companies.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-122

I. - The following shall be entered automatically in the register: 1° Decisions, taken in safeguard or receivership or judicial liquidation proceedings for companies opened on or after 1 January 2006:…

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