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Showing 50815090 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 Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-14

…the minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 7227-12 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of the functional allowances that may be allocated to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-14

…f an agreement reached between the local authorities and groupings of communes concerned before 1st November, the costs for the following year are apportioned under the following conditions: - for 80%…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6362-15

The provisions of articles LO 6362-13 and LO 6362-14 are not applicable to the registration and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for the local authority and its public establishments, from…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Collection and control of contributions.

Article L5422-16

The contributions provided for in 1° to 3° of article L. 5422-9 as well as articles L. 5422-11 and L. 5424-20 are collected and controlled by the bodies responsible for collection mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-15

The provisions of articles LO 6262-13 and LO 6262-14 do not apply to the entry and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for the local authority and its public establishments, from a court deci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4432-15

…uncils. The same provisions, with the exception of those of the second paragraph of article R. 4134-12, apply to the operation of the councils for culture, education and the environment of the regions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: FIAs open to professional investors

Article L742-9

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-143 to L. 214-150 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-151 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-9

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-143 to L. 214-150 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-151 Act 2014-1 of 2 January 2014 L. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-146

…judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires sont régies par les dispositions du livre II et de la loi n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, subject to the provisions of this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-12

Without prejudice to Article 53 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central sec…

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