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Showing 12111220 of 53046 articles for Art. CAA Marseille 24-1-2011 n° 09MA00172

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Housing savings plan

Article R742-16

Article R. 221-108 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Decree no. 2011-209 of 25 February 2011.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Housing savings plan

Article R743-16

Article R. 221-108 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2011-209 of 25 February 2011.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedure for validating or approving the employment safeguard plan

Article D1233-14-1

The time limit provided for in article L. 1233-57-4 runs from receipt by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment of the complete file. The file is complete…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

The implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 include: 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 J…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1125 bis

Deeds and documents of any kind relating exclusively to the reconstruction provided for by the loi n° 71-1029 du 24 décembre 1971 of registers or documents kept in the registries of commercial courts…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-17-1-1

Any failure by the external valuation experts referred to in article L. 214-24-15 to comply with the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to them is subject to sanctions imposed b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-1

It may only be referred on a fact that is personal to the party to whom it is referred.It may be referred by that party, unless the fact that is the subject of it is purely personal to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-1

The condition must be lawful. Failing this, the obligation is void.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…6-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-1

The contrat unique d'insertion (single integration contract) is an employment contract concluded between an employer and an employee under the conditions set out in sub-section 3 of sections 2 and 5 o…

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