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Showing 521530 of 50980 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. 29-2-2012 n° 11-12.782

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-29

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will set the conditions for the completion of operations decided upon by communes, unions of communes before the transfer of competences, in particular with regard to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative

Article L7122-29

The representative of the State in the territorial collectivity alone is authorised to speak on behalf of the State before the assembly of French Guiana.By agreement of the president of the assembly o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of the Steering Committee

Article R1221-29

The Orientation Council may formulate any proposal with a view to improving the quality of training related to the exercise of local mandates and their evaluation, on its own initiative, or at the req…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-29

If the liberty and custody judge authorises the person to be heard without his or her identity appearing in the proceedings, that person shall be given a serial number which shall be entered on the se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Appeals

Article D45-29

Where the application by the accused provided for in article 495-15 seeking the application of the procedure for appearing on appeal on a preliminary admission of guilt shall be sent to the Public Pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R213-29

The rules governing profit participation certificates issued by insurance companies are set out in article R. 322-79 of the Insurance Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R512-29

The standard articles of association provided for in article L. 512-73 are approved by a joint order of the ministers responsible for maritime fisheries and the economy. The articles of association of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-29

Any person operating a modelling agency who fails to provide a financial guarantee, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-19, is liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-29

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 7124-15 when carrying out a written advertisement offering a modelling activity to a child under the age of sixteen is punishable by a fine of 6,000…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts

Article D1221-29

Within the first eight days of each month, the employer must send the DARES (Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques) a statement of the employment contracts concluded…

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