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Showing 14311440 of 45952 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 31-3-2021 n° 19-25.903 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-3

I.-The treatment products and processes used to comply with the rules laid down in Article D. 1332-2 are authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement…

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

Article D5217-36

The accounting officer of the metropolitan authority is solely responsible for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect revenues, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-36

When an employee who holds rights to the special profit-sharing reserve leaves the company without exercising his rights to unlocking or before the company has been able to liquidate all the rights he…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article D215-3

After filling in or confirming the headings provided for in article D. 215-2, the consumer accesses, before notifying the trader of his termination, a page which provides a summary of his termination…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-3

The annual accounts of professional trade unions of employees or employers and their unions, and associations of employees or employers mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meanin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-35

The report provided for in Article D. 2224-34 takes into account the specific features of the missions of developing and operating public electricity distribution networks and supplying electricity at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-38

The analysis of the quality of the service presents, by means of indicators relating to each of the missions of the conceded service, the level of the quality of the service rendered to users and, for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Alerts to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor and the exercise of his powers

Article D47-1-34

A report must be made of offences related to the offences provided for in articles D. 47-1-31 to D. 47-1-32 when they are inextricably linked to these offences.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-19

Where no sports federation has been delegated responsibility for a particular sport, the powers conferred on the delegating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

When the first paragraph of Article L. 1612-1 of the General Local Authorities Code is applied in the event that the Centre's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to whic…

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