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Showing 55015510 of 64765 articles for Art. Arrêté of 2 April 2012

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-24

…ecks whether the company can be linked to it in the correspondence tables mentioned in article R. 6123-34 and, if not, whether this link can be established with regard to the criteria defined in the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-20

…le trader who ceases to fulfil the conditions or respect the obligations mentioned in 4°, 5° and 6° of article R. 7232-17 or who repeatedly fails to respect the obligations defined in article R. 7232-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-22

In the case provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 7232-8, the legal entity or sole trader who has been the subject of a decision to withdraw the benefit of Articles L. 7233-2 of the Labour…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-21

The decision to withdraw registration and the benefit of the provisions of articles L. 7233-2 of the Labour Code and article L. 241-10 of the Social Security Code takes immediate effect. The legal ent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for recognition of a field of specialisation

Article R6213-2

…for recognition is sent to the national management centre by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, accompanied by a file, the composition of which is set by an order of the minister respo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XV: Transactions

Article 2044

A settlement is a contract by which the parties, by mutual concessions, terminate a dispute that has arisen, or prevent a dispute from arising.This contract must be drawn up in writing.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XV: Transactions

Article 2050

…romised on a right which he had in his own right subsequently acquires a similar right in the right of another person, he is not, as regards the newly acquired right, bound by the earlier transaction.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XV: Transactions

Article 2045

To transact, you must have the capacity to dispose of the items included in the transaction. The guardian may only transact for the minor or adult under guardianship in accordance with Article 467 und…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2015

Only the credit institutions mentioned in I of Article L. 511-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1 of the same code, the investment firms ment…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2016

The settlor or trustee may be the beneficiary or one of the beneficiaries of the trust agreement.

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