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Showing 6170 of 45952 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 31-3-2021 n° 19-25.903 F-D

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for informing the public about the guarantee granted.

Article D313-31

Information intended for beneficiaries and documents relating to the conditions and formalities to be met in order to benefit from a payment under the surety guarantee mechanism are written in French,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Interministerial Committee for Health

Article D1411-31

The Interministerial Health Committee is chaired by the Prime Minister or, by delegation, by the Minister for Health. It is made up of all the ministers and the Secretary of State for the Budget. Depe…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Loan guarantees (R)

Article D1511-31

Real operating revenue is that defined in the fifth paragraph of article R. 2313-2.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-31

When the sentence enforcement judge is required to travel to a prison in order to carry out the duties devolved upon him or her by this Code or by the provisions of the Criminal Code, travel and subsi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-31

In the absence of any stipulation in the agreements, income from employees' debt-claim rights is paid annually to the beneficiaries.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article D5217-31

The payment mandate must be issued in the name of the original creditor.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-31

The employer will issue the employee leaving the company with a certificate stating the number of hours and the periods during which he has benefited from the unemployment and bad weather allowance du…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Holders of the State diploma in psychiatric nursing.

Article D4311-31

At the end of each course, the person responsible for supervising the course, together with the team that actually provided the training for the candidate and the candidate him/herself, will assess th…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-31

The amounts of remuneration provided for in this sub-section are increased from the first day of the month following the day on which the apprentice reaches the age of eighteen, twenty-one or twenty-s…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies F

Companies that build or have built buildings intended to meet the obligations set out in the loi n° 96-1236 du 30 décembre 1996 sur l'air et l'utilisation rationnelle de l'énergie et par les chapitres…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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