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Showing 691700 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-19

…t authorisation, the committee's decision or opinion is:1° Notified by the prefect to the applicant and, if the project requires planning permission, to the authority competent to issue planning permi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-19

The employee loses his right to compensation if he refuses to carry out the work requested of him by his company, when this work can be carried out during the bad weather, particularly in the workshop…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article R3141-19

The statutes and regulations of the funds and any amendments to these texts are only applicable after receiving the approval of the Minister of Labour.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Pursuit of the activity of entrepreneur of live performances on an ancillary basis

Article L7122-19

…performances, without being subject to the declaration obligations mentioned in articles L. 7122-3 and L. 7122-6: 1° Any person whose principal activity or purpose is not the operation of venues, or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Work involving exposure to biological agents

Article D4153-19

It is forbidden to assign young people to work exposing them to group 3 or 4 biological agents within the meaning of article R. 4421-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-19

…to the person required to deliver or return the document 24.47 € 83 Summons to the third party to hand over the property 31.92 € 84 Order to the person required to surrender to deliver or return 31.9…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-19

The state diploma for masseur-physiotherapists is obtained by acquiring the skills defined in the skills reference framework mentioned in article D. 4321-15. Each skill is obtained cumulatively: 1° By…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-19

…m requirements. Following these changes, the contracting authority shall allow tenderers sufficient and identical time to modify their tenders and, where appropriate, to resubmit them.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-19

Where the sentenced person who is not in custody does not appear for the adversarial hearing, the judge or the sentence enforcement court shall either order that the hearing be postponed to a later da…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-19

Any member who loses the capacity for which he was appointed ceases to be a member of the Supervisory Board. If a member ceases to be a member of the Supervisory Board on which he or she sat, a new me…

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