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Showing 20512060 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1455

…nal activity, even if they own them; 1° bis Small-scale fishing companies referred to in Article L. 931-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code when one or more members are on board; 2° Maritime regi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-15

The supplier of sealed radioactive sources is required to recover, at the holder's request, any source that it has distributed.Before any source is distributed, the supplier must provide a financial g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-19

Sub-section 9 of Section 3 of Chapter V of this Title and sub-paragraph 5 of paragraph 3 of sub-section 6 of the same Section 3 are applicable to the central social and economic committee under condit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Assignment of contract

Article 1216

A contracting party, the assignor, may assign his status as a party to the contract to a third party, the assignee, with the agreement of his co-contracting party, the assignee. This agreement may be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 222-19

…tribution costs mentioned in 2° of article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Election and remuneration of the employee representative.

Article R142-16

The committee shall draw up and submit to the Governor a report showing the name of the elected official and, where appropriate, a report setting out the complaints signed by one or more electors and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Parental presence leave

Article D1225-16

The maximum period during which an employee may take parental leave for the same child and per illness, accident or disability is set at three years.If the leave is split, the minimum duration of each…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-19

…e up of local caisses and the departmental and interdepartmental caisses referred to in Article L. 512-55 . Credit institutions and finance companies controlled directly or indirectly, exclusively or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Applicable regime and classification of sources

Article R1333-14

…D classification for a nuclear activity mentioned in the fourth paragraph of III of Article L. 1333-9, the Nuclear Safety Authority notifies the person responsible for the nuclear activity of an indiv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-4

When a trial court is called upon to rule in the cases provided for in this sub-section, it shall do so under the conditions determined by

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