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Showing 51315140 of 6711 articles for Art. CA Rouen 13 juin 2000 n° 1999/04931

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4-1

…ureties granted by a département:1° For housing construction, acquisition or improvement operations carried out by low-income housing organisations or semi-public companies;2° For housing construction…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Loan guarantees.

Article L4253-2

I. - The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 4253-1 are not applicable to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a region:1° Pour les opérations de construction, d'acqu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…provided the funds for the acquisition of an immovable is secured on it provided that it is authentically recorded by the deed of loan that the sum was intended for this use, and by the seller's recei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-2

…sentatives mentioned in 4° to 7° of II of Article L. 1111-9-1, the representative of the mountain local authorities and groupings of local authorities, mentioned in 8° of the same article, is appointe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R50-36

…a) Surname, first name, sex, date and place of birth, nationality or nationalities and, where applicable, aliases, change of name and customary name; information relating to the person's parentage is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article R2123-23

The increases in functional allowances resulting from the application of article L. 2123-22 may amount to a maximum for the elected representatives referred to in article L. 2123-20 : 1° In the commun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Consultation with the social partners with a view to registering higher education diplomas awarded on behalf of the State

Article D6113-27

Plans to create, revise or abolish higher education diplomas registered in the National Register of Professional Qualifications under I of article L. 6113-5 are subject to prior consultation in accord…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-8

…in accordance with the terms and conditions defined below. II. - Within eighteen months of the publication of the organic law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 referred to above, one or more agreements…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-22

Within ten days of the last of the publications provided for in articles L. 141-12 and L. 141-13, any unregistered creditor of the transferring shareholder shall notify the registry of the commercial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Titre Emploi-Service Entreprise.

Article L1273-5

…e-recruitment declaration provided for in article L. 1221-10 ; 3° The issue of an employment certificate as provided for in article L. 1234-19; 4° Drawing up a written employment contract, entering th…

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