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Showing 38913900 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-8

…ed in the article L. 3253-14 of the Labour Code in application of the articles L. 3253-8 to L. 3253-13 of the same code shall give rise to a declaration to the tax authorities by the liquidator.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-7

…e to comply with the following provisions is punishable by a fourth-class fine: 1° Articles L. 1221-13, L. 1221-15 and L. 1221-15-1, D. 1221-23 to R. 1221-26, relating to the single personnel register…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

Article R1333-127

…nd of their useful life.The characteristics of high activity sealed sources are defined in appendix 13-8 of this code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article R4163-33

…k factors, is set at the same amount as that referred to in the second paragraph of I of Article R. 243-13 of the Social Security Code. The penalty is notified at the same time as the decision mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-2

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles R. 4152-13 to R. 4152-28 relating to breastfeeding rooms is punishable by a fifth-class fine, imposed as many times as there are workers concerned by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain public sector employees.

Article R5424-5

…ation of salaried activities completed by the same worker for employers covered by Articles L. 5422-13 or L. 5424-1 is taken into account. Account is also taken of periods during which the employment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-16

…S approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 is absorbed by a French UCITS covered by this section, the merger is not subject to app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union rights and representativeness criteria

Article L6156-3

…the General Civil Service Code and in the last paragraph of I of Article 9 bis of Law No. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, the terms of application of which are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-98

…S approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-29

…courts may impose on the person concerned in application of the provisions of Decree no. 92-657 of 13 July 1992 relating to disciplinary procedure in public higher education establishments placed und…

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