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Showing 59315940 of 59566 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-1-1999 n° 96-22.914

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-11

…request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1

Workshops and integration projects, whatever their legal status, may conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-1

…e following shall apply to the sworn agents of New Caledonia mentioned in Article 86 of Organic Law n° 99-209 of 19 March 1999 on New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-103-1

The articles of association may provide that, without prejudice to the provisions of I of Article L. 225-107, the extraordinary general meetings referred to in Article L. 225-96 and the ordinary gener…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-166-1

Financing bodies within the meaning of this sub-section include securitisation bodies and specialised financing bodies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-1

The medical examination prior to the child's employment is carried out by a paediatrician or by a general practitioner or by an occupational physician from the interprofessional occupational health se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116

When the investigating judge is considering investigating a person who has not already been heard as an assisted witness, the investigating judge shall make the person's first appearance in accordance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 121

The minutes of questioning and confrontation are drawn up in the forms provided for in articles 106 and 107.If an interpreter is used, the provisions of Article 102 shall apply. If the person under in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 118

If, during the course of the investigation, it transpires that the acts of which the person under investigation is accused under a correctional charge actually constitute a crime, the examining magist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

The parties may only be heard, questioned or confronted, unless they expressly waive this, in the presence of their lawyers or the latter duly summoned. Lawyers shall be summoned no later than five wo…

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