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Showing 461470 of 52912 articles for Art. CA Versailles 13 January 2000 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · CA Poitiers 26 November 1986 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional advisory committees

Article R6113-26

Expenses incurred by participation in the work of the professional advisory commissions and their working groups are paid in accordance with the procedures defined by decree.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26-3

…at do not satisfy the legal conditions.The declarant shall be notified of the reasoned decision and may contest it before the judicial court within a period of six months. The action may be brought pe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

I.-For the application of this article: 1° Social rental housing means housing to which personalised housing assistance applies in accordance with 3° or 5° of Article L. 831-1 of the Construction and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-26

I. - Pursuant to article 66 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 referred to in II of article R. 613-25, the judicial representative shall notify known creditors that they are required to declare…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-27

Until the start of the technical preparations for registration or after registration of the trade mark, the proprietor or his agent may proceed with the division of his initial application or registra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-27

Breach of the availability contract does not constitute force majeure.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article R752-26

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-26

…le L. 1111-25, which meets the conditions of reliability set out in the second paragraph of article 1379 of the Civil Code, has the same evidential value as the original paper document.Where a reliabl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R211-27

The provisions of articles R. 211-23 to R. 211-26 do not apply to persons who bring into France vehicles that are normally based in the territory of a State, other than France, referred to in article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-27

The training referred to in Article L. 314-25 allows, as a minimum, to acquire under the pre-established programme mentioned in article L. 6353-1 of the Labour Code: 1° The knowledge required for the…

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