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Showing 85118520 of 30141 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 15-12-2021 n° 21-70.022 F-B

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-7

When the purchaser decides to require the contractor to subcontract part of his contract pursuant to 2° of article L. 2393-3, he shall indicate this in the contract notice in the form of percentages s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Formation of the company.

Article R210-3

When the other formalities for the formation of the company have been completed, a notice is inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-68

The notice sent to the victim pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 712-16-2 informs the victim that if the convicted person breaches the prohibition on receiving, meeting or entering into contac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3252-6

Unless otherwise provided, notifications and summonses made pursuant to this chapter shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.Such notifications shall be duly made to the add…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7226-14

Council meetings are public, unless the bureau decides otherwise.The opinions adopted by the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council are officially published and sent to the Pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

In this Section and in Section 5 of this Chapter: 1° "Significant branch" means a branch of significant importance within the meaning of Article L. 613-32-1 ; 2° "Transnational group" means a group wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763

I. - A fine equal to 5% of the sums omitted shall be imposed where the following documents are not produced or are inaccurate or incomplete:a. Table of provisions provided for pursuant to the provisio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-33

When the sentence enforcement judge makes a decision to place a person under mobile electronic surveillance, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article 763-3, this measure may only concern an adult w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article A512-1

The file referred to in article R. 512-4 includes :1° Where the applicant is a natural person, the applicant's identity, the address of the establishment where the professional activity is carried out…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Supervision of the administration of bequeathed or donated property (R).

Article R3213-13

Notices or documents intended for the accounting officer of the department or departmental public establishment are sent through the intermediary of the departmental or, where applicable, regional dir…

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