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Showing 27712780 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 Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Study agreement

Article D1143-3

The study agreement sets out: 1° The purpose, content, deadline for completion and conditions for dissemination of the study; 2° The amount of State financial assistance.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D2335-3

…terial allocation order provided for in Article L. 2335-2 is issued by the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of the Economy and Finance.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-31

The amounts of remuneration provided for in this sub-section are increased from the first day of the month following the day on which the apprentice reaches the age of eighteen, twenty-one or twenty-s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Award of sub-contracts where the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for the formal procedure

Article R2393-19

…drawn up in accordance with the model set out in the European Commission regulation establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in connection with the award of public contracts.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-19

The bodies referred to in article R. 4623-18 take decisions by secret ballot, by a majority of their members, duly convened, present or represented. Each member may only hold the proxy of one other me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-18

…f) For each natural person who is a member of the grouping, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article R. 123-37 and, where applicable, the identification numbers of these persons with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-3

Unless otherwise provided for in the table below, the usual seat of the sentence enforcement court shall be that of the judicial court of the seat of the court of appeal.COURS D'APPELJUDICIAL COURTS s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-37

The management account submitted by the metropolitan authority's accounting officer presents the metropolitan authority's accounting situation at 31 December of the financial year, including the opera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-33

Transfers of funds from refunds due to overpayments to creditors of the metropolis are ordered by the President of the Metropolitan Council, who issues a transfer order.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-31

The payment mandate must be issued in the name of the original creditor.

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