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Showing 23012310 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Employees

Article R6341-32-1

…State of the remuneration maintained for trainees by their employers may not exceed: 1° 50% in the case of job creation or modification of the production process; 2° 70% in the case of a reduction in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Territorial jurisdiction.

Article 43

The defendant's place of residence means:- in the case of a natural person, the place where that person has his domicile or, failing that, his residence;- in the case of a legal person, the place wher…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 209

The record of the proceedings shall remain deposited at the registry for forty-eight hours in the case of pre-trial detention, and for five days in all other cases. It shall then proceed in accordance…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 951

The donor may stipulate the right of return of the donated objects either for the case of the predecease of the donee alone, or for the case of the predecease of the donee and his descendants. This ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-139

…h of the letters if this is later, and the date of the meeting must be at least fifteen days in the case of a first meeting and six days in the case of a subsequent meeting.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article R2223-94

The director in the case of a public establishment or its qualified body in the case of a private establishment sets the prices for stays in mortuary rooms beyond the three-day period provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-25

Temporary prohibition and striking off entail, for the duration of the sanction in the first case, definitively in the second case, prohibition from practising the profession of statutory auditor. The…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Jurisdiction and prescription.

Article R114-1

…the place of domicile of the insured, irrespective of the type of insurance involved, except in the case of immovable or movable property, in which case the defendant shall be sued in the courts for t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure for awarding global contracts applicable to purchasers subject to Book IV

Article R2171-16

A jury is appointed by the purchaser, with the exception of the following cases:1° For design-build contracts awarded by contracting authorities in the cases listed in 1° to 3° and 5° of Article R. 21…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 780

The case is heard under the supervision of a judge of the chamber to which the case is referred or to which it has been assigned. This judge is responsible for ensuring that the proceedings are conduc…

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