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Showing 85618570 of 11860 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Jan. 2019 – no. 18/09522

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article R3324-16

…3323-11, D. 3324-1 to D. 3324-10 and D. 3325-1 to R. 3326-1, the provisions of this Title are applicable to the supplement to the special profit-sharing reserve provided for in article L. 3324-9 and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financing Corsica's sustainable development plan

Article R4425-7

For the establishment of the sustainable development plan for Corsica referred to in Article L. 4424-9, the special contribution from the general decentralisation grant provided for in article L. 4425…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-39

…5 are not subject to the additional registration or secondary registration provided for by articles 9 and 20 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the register of commerce and companies. How…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-8

…e pharmacy shall have premises, staff resources, equipment and an information system enabling it to carry out the tasks provided for in Articles L. 5126-1, L. 5126-5 to L. 5126-8 and L. 5126-10, as we…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-1

…low admitted to represent regulated commitments may not exceed, unless an exemption is granted on a case-by-case basis by the Autorité de contrôle : 1° 5% for all securities issued, claims, loans obta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-38

…de to the victim's heirs, spouse or the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 211-9, each of these persons must, at the insurer's request, provide the following information:1° Full n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3431-1

Without prejudice to articles L. 1111-8, L. 1111-9 et L. 1111-9-1, and in compliance with France's international commitments, the European Collectivity of Alsace is responsible for organising within i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions and allowances

Article L5424-20

…ent professions may, in addition to the employer contribution provided for in 1° of article L. 5422-9, be financed by a specific contribution payable by employers, including those mentioned in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-10

…ntioned in the second paragraph of article L. 6122-7.The holder of the authorisation sends the application for renewal of its authorisation to the Regional Health Agency no later than fourteen months…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-105

…filed at the time of incorporation shall be filed within one month of their date after, where applicable, publication of the notice provided for in Article R. 210-9 or to the article 24 of decree no.…

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