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Showing 62116220 of 24300 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 26-10-2011 n° 10-24.214 F-PBI

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-13

Interns are entitled to maternity leave, birth leave, leave for the arrival of a child placed with a view to adoption, adoption leave or paternity and childcare leave for the periods and in accordance…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-3

Where a single filing relates to several designs, the products in which these designs are intended to be incorporated or to which they are intended to be applied must fall within the same class, withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R334

The first paragraph of Article R. 165 shall read as follows: "In criminal matters, the issue, when authorised, of reproductions of procedural documents other than decisions is remunerated at the rate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

I. - The regulations governing the fund set up to manage sums invested in application of Title III of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code relating to employee savings plans provide for the establi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601

An additional tax on business property tax is levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Notice of payment of the fixed parking charge

Article R2333-120-4

…the payment notice is drawn up is the subject of automated processing within the meaning of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, la possibilité d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B octies

I. - The proceeds of the special equipment taxes levied for the benefit of the public land establishments referred to in articles L. 321-1 et L. 324-1 of the town planning code, the Etablissement publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-3

The information relating to convicted natural or legal persons posted on the website is: 1° For natural persons : a) Identity (surname, first name(s), gender, date and place of birth); b) SIREN or SIR…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe XIII

Annex to articles D. 2224-1, D. 2224-2 and D. 2224-3PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR WASTEI. 1. - Technical indicators relating to waste collection:a) Territor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-5-1

I. - An online payment service meeting the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat is made available to users by: 1° Local authorities and their public establishments; 2° Public health es…

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