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Showing 21012110 of 45498 articles for Art. AN 23-2-2016 n° 78192

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-20

…or in article R. 743-139-17, notify the salaried registrar of his immediate dismissal, in the same manner as provided for in the first paragraph. If the matter is not referred to the committee within…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-20-2

The volunteer fire officer mentioned in 5° of article R. 1424-19 provides the management of the fire and rescue service with his knowledge and experience of voluntary service. He may be entrusted with…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-2

Articles L. 222-2-1, L. 222-2-3 to L. 222-2-5, L. 222-2-7 and L. 222-2-8 may, with the agreement of the parties, be applied to athletes who are employed by their sports federation as members of a Fren…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-25

The implementation of the programming commitments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23 is examined by the Film Ombudsman under the conditions set out in article L. 213-5.The Chairman of the Cen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 268

…he consequences of the divorce. The judge, after checking that the interests of each of the spouses and of the children are preserved, approves the agreements by pronouncing the divorce.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 266

…he or she suffers as a result of the dissolution of the marriage either where he or she was a defendant to a divorce granted on the grounds of definitive alteration of the marital bond and had not him…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 267

…the judge shall rule on their applications to remain in joint ownership, for preferential allotment and for an advance on a share of the community or undivided property. He shall rule on applications…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-2

When implementing an internal bail-out measure, the collège de résolution shall comply with the provisions of Articles L. 613-55 and L. 613-55-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 220

…on of the court of appeal. In particular, he verifies the conditions of application of paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 81 and article 144 and shall endeavour to ensure that proceedings are not subject t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-2

The provisions of Articles L. 225-251, L. 225-253 and L. 225-254 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to mutual insurance companies.

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