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Showing 31913200 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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-14

The Articles 230-8 and 230-9 shall apply to the processing mentioned in l'article 230-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-18

…that have submitted the lists in question cannot benefit from the provisions of 2° of I of article 9 bis of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and cannot c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-16

The indemnities provided for in articles L. 1226-14 and L. 1226-15 are calculated on the basis of the average salary that the person concerned would have received over the last three months if he had…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-15

The issuer of the special payment vouchers referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 of this Code undertakes to: 1° Set up a network of affiliated associations and companies receiving these special paymen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14

…n the European Economic Area are also eligible, provided that these rules comply with Directive no. 2009/65/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-15

…An alert in the Schengen Information System, together with the information provided for in Article 695-13, shall constitute a European arrest warrant. As a transitional measure, until such time as the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-15

…tive Justice. With regard to the inadmissibility provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 4126-11, the request for regularisation may take the form of a formal notice signed by the president…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to control by the administrative authority

Article R122-15

…itted by the legal entities and establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of 7° of Article L. 122-5 with a view to registration on the list and the issue of authorisation under the conditions de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-122

…new or vacant office, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions set out in articles R. 742-19 to R. 742-24.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

…and flood prevention may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis of this code, institute and collect a tax to finance the management of aquatic environmen…

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