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Showing 43414350 of 60229 articles for Art. 35 I-5° bis · CAA Paris 3 October 2019

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cohabitation

Article 515-8

Cohabitation is a de facto union, characterized by a shared life of stability and continuity, between two people, of different sexes or the same sex, who live as a couple.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning companies not subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-53

…rce; 2° The obligations relating to the elaboration of social measures provided for by article L. 1233-32 or by collective labour agreements have been respected; 3° The measures provided for in articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-54

…the same company or several companies belonging to the same group within the meaning of article R. 332-13 is taken into account in the ceiling mentioned in 1° of article R. 332-3-1. Positive realisab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing

Article L236-51

…ompany resulting from the conversion, unless they have transferred their corporate units or shares; 3° The rights and obligations under the employment contracts of the company resulting from the conve…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Statement of liabilities drawn up by the commission

Article R723-5

…tered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The letter reproduces the provisions of articles L. 723-3 and R. 723-8 and states that the debtor's objection must be made by declaration delivered or sen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-5

…has refused to issue, has suspended or has withdrawn the authorisation referred to in Article L. 5223-3, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-58

…greement on the European Economic Area, but has a legal form comparable to those set out in Annex 1-3 to this book, are declared, in addition to the information provided for in articles R. 123-53 to R…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article D2531-5

…banisation perimeter of existing new towns or towns to be created referred to in 2° of Article L. 2531-6 is set in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 5311-1 to L. 5311-3. Failing pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R4313-5

The documents mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 4313-1 are made available online on the region's website, where it exists, under conditions guaranteeing:1° Their full accessibility and in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations to insure and declare remuneration.

Article R5422-5

In order to fulfil their obligation to register as defined in article L. 5422-13, employers who take on an employee for the first time and are required to insure them against the risk of loss of emplo…

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