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Showing 50915100 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article R8113-3-1

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 124-8, L. 124-10, L. 124-13, L. 124-14 and the first paragraph of article L. 124-9 of the Education Code, the host organisation or educational esta…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article L122-12

…ng the provisions of article L. 122-2, local semi-public sports companies formed before 29 December 1999 may retain their previous legal status. The provisions of articles L. 122-3, L. 122-5, L. 122-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-19

I. - Subject to the powers of the Prefect of Police referred to inarticle 73-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of prefects and the organisation and operation of State services in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14

…that may be allocated to members of the municipal council pursuant to articles L. 2123-23, L. 2123-24, L. 2123-24-1 and, where applicable, L. 2123-22. The actual amount of this training expenditure m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

…es built or acquired by first-time buyers who have taken out state-subsidised loans (PAP) between 1 July 1981 and 31 December 1984 and who are unable to meet their repayments, when the first-time buye…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

…ecides on the demerger. Notwithstanding article L. 225-96 of the same code and 3° of article L. 214-24-31 of this code, this meeting may be held, on first call, without a quorum being required. The de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-7

…nvier 2021 et n° 2021-71 du 27 janvier 2021 portant réforme de la formation des élus locaux L. 2123-13 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2123-14 and L. 2123-14-1 Order no. 2021-45 of 20 January…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-11

…partiality as experts registered on one of the lists instituted byarticle 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to legal experts. II - The National Commission for Medical Accidents may, on its…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for ratifying agreements in companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2232-22

…d down by the agreement or, in the absence of express stipulation, by articles L. 2261-9 to L. 2261-13. The revision agreement or amendment may also be terminated at the initiative of the employees un…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article D2573-51

I. - Article R. 2334-13, with the exception of its second paragraph, and the articles R. 2334-14 and R. 2334-17 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided f…

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