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Showing 17811790 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions applicable in the event of an appeal

Article D49-41-2

…nder escort or a reduced sentence, the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal may, in a reasoned decision, decide that the convicted person is not eligible to make a similar appl…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2191-13

In the case of a contract with an optional tranche, an advance shall be paid to the contractor for each tranche completed in accordance with the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-13

Independent of the leave of absence and time credit provided for in articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2, councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana who are employees are entitled to training leave. This…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Staff transfers

Article L1424-15

When a commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation has requested, by decision of its deliberative body, the attachment of a communal or inter-communal corps to the departmental co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-15

…e et de prévoyance, en ce qui concerne son établissement, les renseignements prévus à l'article R. 123-38, with the exception of those provided for in 6°, 7° and 8°.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-13

…ablishments concerned. In this case, the provisions of Chapter III shall not apply. Such a decision may not be taken in the case of a société européenne formed by transformation where there is a syste…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1375

…number of originals that have been made.The person who has performed the contract, even partially, may not rely on the failure to have a plurality of originals or to state their number.The requiremen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-2

…with the procedures set out in 1° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Support for theatrical distribution

Article 422-28

Aid for theatrical distribution may not have the effect of increasing the total amount of public financial aid to more than 50% of the distribution company's financial investment, or to more than 70%…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-13

…ng to the State or the département is made available, the establishments referred to in article L. 3221-4 may only carry out enlargement or demolition work with the agreement of the local authority th…

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