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Showing 75417550 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-1-1

Municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and mixed syndicates responsible for public drinking water distribution and sanitation services or public electricity and gas dist…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter X: Insurance against the risk of cyber attacks

Article L12-10-1

…ant to a clause in an insurance contract intended to compensate an insured party for loss or damage caused by a breach of an automated data processing system referred to in articles 323-1 to 323-3-1 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-11-1

A branch agreement may provide that the part of the collection not allocated to the financing of the personal training account for self-employed workers and the professional development advice is mana…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: DEFENCE OR SECURITY PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS

Article R2373-1

Defence or security partnership contracts are subject to the provisions of this Book, with the exception of: 1° The provisions of Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter II of Title I; 2° The provisions of Chapte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1a: Personnel management

Article D712-11-1

…lable to the body each year: - social investment : employment trends, trends and distribution of precarious contracts, internships and part-time jobs, trends in qualifications, vocational training, ap…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-17-1

…Article L. 445-1 of the French T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-1

All employees can use the rights in their personal training account to help finance a training course leading to a qualification, designed to enable them to change jobs or professions as part of a car…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1-1

…rred to in the last paragraph of article L. 214-154 of the same code are taken into account for the calculation of the said quota when they are granted to companies meeting the conditions for inclusio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-1

…fect of the department in which the convicted person is domiciled or, if the person is domiciled in Paris, to the police prefect or, if the person is domiciled in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary takings.

Article L3334-1

…t to the assent of the general commissioner of the exhibition or fair or any person having the same capacity. The opinion is appended to the declaration made to the town hall or the police prefecture…

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