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Showing 641650 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
Subsection 3: Payment for retraining or promotion through work-linked training schemes

Article D6332-91

Expenditure incurred by employers in companies with fewer than 50 employees in excess of the lump sums provided for in article D. 6332-89 may be financed by the skills operator from funds allocated to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for specialised financing funds

Article L214-190-3-1

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units or debt securities may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the intere…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-39

Notwithstanding article 223-23, distribution companies have a period of thirty months to exhibit the works in cinemas. This period runs from:1° 19 May 2021 for aid granted between 1 March 2020 and 19…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-9

…entative ; b) Another representative of the Minister for Sport; c) The Director General of Heritage and Architecture or his representative; 2° Three representatives appointed respectively by a region,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Consumer Council

Article D821-9

…e initiative of the bureau, as defined in article D. 821-11, invite to its meetings any personality and appoint any expert whose presence is deemed useful for the smooth running of the work.

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

Article D3661-9

…ragraph of article L. 3661-5 is made between the most detailed level of the functional nomenclature and each of the accounts by nature, at four digits for the account relating to staff remuneration an…

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

Article D5217-9

The metropolitan council chooses to vote on the metropolitan budget by nature or by function.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation

Article D4632-9

…ks in conjunction with the company's occupational health department. In agreement with the employer and the social and economic committee or the inter-company committee, he or she looks for improvemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information and communication

Article D7343-92

In the absence of other arrangements provided for by a collective sector agreement concluded pursuant to Article L. 7343-45, the platform : 1° Communicate, by any means, to the self-employed worker us…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information and communication

Article D7343-93

…dance with the procedures laid down in Article L. 311-9 of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration. However, when legal proceedings are instituted, a copy of all or part of the…

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