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Showing 94619470 of 35069 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 23-6-2021 n° 19-21.784 F-D

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D744-9

For the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of the last paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24, the portfolio management company must :a) Identify all the AIFs that have delegated management of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article D120-2

Assisted service, within the meaning of Article L. 120-1, is a sales method during which the product is packaged and immediately handed over to the consumer by a trader at the point of sale.In cases w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2 : The departmental conciliation committee for leases of commercial, industrial or craft buildings or premises.

Article D145-18

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 15: Sweeping tax

Article D2333-139

For the application of article L. 2333-97 du code général des collectivités territoriales, la direction générale des finances publiques transmitte à la commune, ou, le cas échéant, à l'établissement p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Secondment to another company

Article D5213-86

A disabled employee who has resigned from an adapted enterprise or to work in an ordinary enterprise benefits, within one year of the termination of his contract, from the priority hiring mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Calculation of compensation.

Article D5424-15

The amount of the hourly allowance paid in application of articles L. 5424-12 and L. 5424-13 is calculated on the basis of the hourly salary received by the employee on the day before the interruption…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Joint Committee

Article D7121-49

The Joint Committee is made up of equal numbers of employers' and employees' representatives. These representatives are appointed respectively by the professional organisations which are representativ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-4

Each year, before 30 April, the coordination support mechanism sends the regional health agency and, where applicable, the departmental council, an activity report covering, in particular, the achieve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-6

I.-The regional hospital grouping may be authorised by the director general of the regional health agency to set up a unified nursing, re-education and medico-technical care commission for the groupin…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 decies

(1) (Repealed)2. The persons mentioned in 2 of I of article 266 sexies, members of the air quality monitoring organisations provided for by article 3 of law no. 96-1236 of 30 December 1996 on air and…

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