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Showing 24912500 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of departmental mandates

Article R3123-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the French Labour Code, and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 3123-7 of this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of regional mandates

Article R4135-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 3123-6 of the Labour Code, and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 4135-7of this code. In…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article R7125-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the French Labour Code and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 7125-7 of this c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article R7227-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the French Labour Code and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 7227-7 of this c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-6

During a sporting event or the public broadcast of such an event in a sports venue, inciting spectators by any means whatsoever to hatred or violence towards the referee, a sports judge, a player or a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…ing on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

…ioned in 1 to 3 of the same Article 34; 2° The competent public prosecutor in the case mentioned in 6 of the said Article 34. The Public Prosecutor must then indicate, in the cases mentioned in 2 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff of hospital foundations

Article R6141-64

…undations may be : 1° Civil servants working for a public legal entity mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and placed in a position…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

…tory of the executing State; 5° An obligation to report at specified times to a specific authority; 6° An obligation to avoid contact with certain persons connected with the offence or offences allege…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body with a view to their transfer for scientific use

Article R1243-64

…ending on the cases provided for in Article L. 1211-2, details of consent or absence of opposition; 6° The contact details of the transferees and details of their research activity; 7° The place of st…

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