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Showing 80418050 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L483-1

Applications for the disclosure or production of documents or categories of documents made with a view to or in the context of an action for damages by a claimant who plausibly alleges injury caused b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-1

The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two relating to the operation of the municipal council are applicable to the operation of the deliberative body of public establishments for i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5212-1

The syndicat de communes is a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation associating communes for works or services of inter-communal interest.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

The communauté de communes is a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation bringing together several communes in a single area without an enclave. The purpose of the community of communes is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prior interview

Article R1232-1

The letter of invitation provided for in article L. 1232-2 states the purpose of the meeting between the employee and the employer. It specifies the date, time and place of the meeting. It points out…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R1233-1

An employee who wishes to know the criteria used to determine the order of redundancies shall send his request to the employer, in application of articles L. 1233-17 and L. 1233-43, by registered lett…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R483-1

The category of items referred to in Article L. 483-1 shall be identified, as precisely and narrowly as possible, by reference to common and relevant features of its constituent parts, such as the nat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1431-1

The deliberations by which the local authorities or their groupings request the creation of a public cultural or environmental cooperation establishment defined in article L. 1431-1 are sent to the St…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules.

Article R5211-1

Where different rules govern the administrative control of communes according to the size of their population, the population of all the communes forming the public establishment of inter-communal coo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditations.

Article R4724-1

…ant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of prod…

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