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Showing 22912300 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 700

…that the exchange is authorised in advance by a decree issued with the assent of the Conseil d'Etat and countersigned by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Mines, and that t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 734

The court or tribunal imposing a sentence may, in the cases and under the conditions provided for in the articles 132-29 to 132-57 of the Penal Code, order that its execution be stayed. The court may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-3

…ts referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-72 and do not fall within its jurisdiction on any other grounds, this judge shall declare that he has n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and safety coordination and coordinator.

Article L4532-7

…t to planning permission, by the person responsible for project management during the design, study and project development phase, and by the person who actually manages the site during the constructi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-1

The trade union organisations representing the Higher Council of Medical, Odontological and Pharmaceutical Staff of Public Health Establishments mentioned in article R. 6156-1 benefit, through their m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-3

…ed to all the trade union organisations represented on the Higher Council of Medical, Odontological and Pharmaceutical Staff. Its volume in full-time equivalent is set at eighteen. It is distributed b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-6

…up every three years by the Minister for Health. The employee is free to choose the training course and the training organisation that provides it from the list referred to in the previous paragraph.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-5

…equal to twice the foreseeable duration of the meeting, to enable the persons concerned to prepare and report on the proceedings.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-4

…stry of Health a list of the names of the staff benefiting from the overall trade union time credit and a breakdown of the number of full-time equivalents between these beneficiaries. On the basis of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-73

The representatives of Metropolitan Lyon are elected under the same conditions as the representatives of the département in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1424-24-2.

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