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Showing 27612770 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Territorial psychiatric communities

Article D6136-3

…hiatric community is created on the initiative of the public hospital service health establishments and, under the conditions set out in article L. 3221-2-1, of the army hospital(s) present in the are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article D2311-3

Communes with a population of less than 500 and their public administrative establishments, with the exception of public administrative establishments with a specific nomenclature by nature, may apply…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D4311-3

…ovided for in article L. 4312-2, supplemented by the transaction number for investment transactions and transactions on behalf of third parties.The chapters entitled "Unforeseen expenditure", "Transfe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-3

The revenues of the Lyon metropolitan authority, the metropolitan authority's public establishments and any public body resulting from an agreement between the metropolitan authority and any other pub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article D227-3

For the application of the fifth paragraph of Article L. 227-1, the amount of the value that no contribution in kind may exceed is set at €30,000.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-19

…passbook; 2° Or when the training course was completed while the employment contract was maintained and the time limit conditions set out in article R. 6323-10-3 are not met.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Port establishment staff: compensatory rest for overtime work.

Article D744-3

Compensatory rest acquired under article L. 212-5-1 of the French Labour Code may be taken in half-days, counting as four hours' rest.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of toxicovigilance

Article D1340-3

…1° The general organisation of the vigilance activities of these bodies, as well as the guidelines and developments required in terms of monitoring, expertise and management of toxic risks, based in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-3

…l that elected him/her. The term of office of the member appointed by the regional economic, social and environmental council expires each time that body is re-elected. However, this member will conti…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-1

All the components of a holiday village are grouped together on the same plot of land and include buildings constructed using traditional materials on foundations, subject to the provisions of article…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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