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Showing 771780 of 37858 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 30-4-2014 n° 13-13.641

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Resignation

Article R1237-13

The employer who finds that the employee has abandoned his post and intends to invoke the presumption of resignation provided for in article L. 1237-1-1 shall give him formal notice, by registered let…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Repeal

Article D2261-13

In accordance with Articles L. 2261-24 to L. 2261-31, the Minister responsible for Labour may, at the request of one of the representative organisations concerned or on his own initiative: 1° Repeal t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-13

The parties shall be informed that they may be represented or assisted by a lawyer. However, practitioners, whether they are plaintiffs, claimants or the subject of the proceedings, may be assisted ei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-13

Unless the provisions of article R. 4234-3 are applied, the complaint or application and the attached documents are communicated in their entirety to the parties in copy form. Where the volume, number…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-13

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1123-6 to L. 1123-8 and L. 1123-13 and those adopted for their application, the investigators and persons called upon to collaborate in the trials are bound by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Displays

Article R7422-13

The Prefect may decide to post the regulatory provisions relating to working hours, custom prices, workshop costs and ancillary costs in the town halls of the municipalities concerned, and to give an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R6143-13

Members of the Supervisory Boards who fall under the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in article L. 6143-6 shall resign from their office. Failing this, they shall be declared to have re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5a: On the transmission and enforcement of freezing orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 695-9-30-1

For the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 1379

I. - The communes shall collect, under the conditions determined by this chapter:1° Property tax on built-up properties, provided for in Articles 1380 and 1381 ;2° La taxe foncière sur les propriétés…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…wer to order this measure, subject to appeal, under the conditions set out in the article 24 of law n° 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 on the reform of certain judicial and legal professions; the Bar Coun…

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