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Showing 421430 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Expertise

Article R4126-19

Articles R. 621-1 to R. 621-11 and R. 621-14 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to expertise are applicable before the disciplinary chambers of first instance and before the national disci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R4641-19

…lege of regional State administrations: a) The Regional Director of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity or his representative and three other members of this department designated by him; b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4381-19

A member may, on condition that he informs the company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, cease his professional activity within the company. He must comply with the deadline set by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation

Article R7343-19

The decision of the judicial tribunal is notified without delay and within three days at the latest by the court registry to the applicant and the interested parties by registered letter with acknowle…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mediation.

Article R742-19

…onal Director of Maritime Affairs exercises the powers conferred on the Regional Director of Labour and Employment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-19

…bsite, at least thirty days before the date of the members' meeting called to decide on the project and no later than the day of publication of the notice referred to in article appendix 30-18: 1° The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-19

The operation and resources of the social administration committee are governed by the provisions of article 81, I of article 83, articles 84 and 85, I of article 87, articles 88 and 89, the first fiv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-19

During the twenty days following the publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales provided for in Article L. 141-12, an authentic copy or one of the originals of the deed…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-19

The performance contract is concluded for a limited period or for a specified number of communications to the public. Unless exclusive rights are expressly stipulated, it does not confer on the perfor…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-19

Unless otherwise provided, the decision of the enforcement judge may be appealed, unless it is a judicial administration measure.

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