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Showing 95119520 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article A512-2

…e financial guarantee certificate provided for in article R. 512-15;5° Payment of registration fees;6° For the intermediaries mentioned in I of article L. 513-3, a document less than two months old at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-70

…esearch; 5° The identity of the investigator(s) and the location(s) concerned in the establishment; 6° The date on which it is planned to start the research and the anticipated duration of the researc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-17

…ntence enforcement judge for one of the measures provided for in the first paragraph of Article 712-6, even if he or she has previously been refused, and this referral suspends the possibility for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the vocational training account

Article R4163-22

…training account supplemented by the professional prevention account under 1° of I of article L. 4163-7, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations provides the body mentioned in the second paragraph of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26

…ces consisting wholly or mainly in the provision of electronic communications within the meaning of 6° of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code; 2° Micro-enterprises and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1122

…alities having this reconstitution as their object, are, subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, exempt from registration duties and, dispensed, where applicable, from the formality unless, as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Facilities for the disabled.

Article L6222-37

With regard to the disabled, adjustments have been made to the provisions of articles : 1° L. 6222-1 to L. 6222-3, relating to the conditions for forming an apprenticeship contract ; 2° L. 6222-7 to L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions.

Article R3423-11

…423-4 ; 2° Paying less than the minimum monthly wage provided for in articles L. 3423-5 and L. 3423-6.The fine is applied as many times as there are employees paid under illegal conditions. Repeated o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L4425-29

…urity scheme, contributions to pension schemes, contributions to the fund instituted in Article L. 1621-2 as well as the training costs of the elected members of the Corsican Assembly and the Corsican…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L156-2

…under the conditions laid down by the rules in force in mainland France pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology,…

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