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Showing 17311740 of 18340 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 27 Jan. 1987

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-1

…ty, authenticated by the most recent decree published in application of article 156 of law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 relating to local democracy;c) Each municipality has at least one seat;d) No…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for registration

Article D7342-6

…n Article L. 7342-7 is personal data within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-2

…eaning 9) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-3

…onal data processing with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-25

…t from the registry of the competent court, in accordance with article 123 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 relating to the judicial recovery and liquidation of companies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency

Article R732-16

…ng resulting from the decreeR. 162-1 to R. 162-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 162-4n° 2007-259 of 27 February 2007R. 162-5n° 2016-659 of 20 May 2016II. - For the application of I:1° In Articles R. 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency

Article R733-16

…ng resulting from the decreeR. 162-1 to R. 162-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 162-4n° 2007-259 of 27 February 2007R. 162-5n° 2016-659 of 20 May 2016II. - For the application of I:1° In Articles R. 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency

Article R734-15

…ng resulting from the decreeR. 162-1 to R. 162-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 162-4n° 2007-259 of 27 February 2007R. 162-5n° 2016-659 of 20 May 2016II. - For the application of I:1° In Articles R. 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Common provisions.

Article D6124-478

…of the rooms are such that there is at least :1° A surface area of 9 square metres and a volume of 27 cubic metres in single rooms ;2° A surface area of 17 square metres and a volume of 50 cubic metr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Integration companies.

Article L5132-5

…time corresponding to full-time work or at least equal to the period referred to in article L. 3123-27. It may vary over all or part of the period covered by the contract without exceeding the legal w…

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