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Showing 13211330 of 31106 articles for Art. Cass. 2e civ. 23-6-2016 n° 15-21.408

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

Practitioners appointed under 4° or 5° of article R. 6152-7 are classified in the post of hospital practitioner, taking into account :1° The legal length of national service and compulsory military se…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-15

The information that must be included in the annual report drawn up by the person responsible for ruling on compulsory prior administrative appeals is set out in the table in Annex II to this code.Thi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Exit

Article R552-15

For the application of the first paragraph of article L. 552-15, if a person remains in the accommodation after the date mentioned in article R. 552-12 or, where applicable, after the expiry of the pe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HI

…may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985, portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier, ni du r…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article D131-23-1

Without prejudice to the allowances mentioned in article R. 131-21, an allowance may be paid to the sports technical advisor, up to an annual amount set in the framework agreement mentioned in article…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-23-1

…ts provided for therein no later than 31 December of the year following the promulgation of the law n° 2004-811 du 13 août 2004 de modernisation de la sécurité civile.Failing this, the transfer is dec…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV ter : Tax regime for public interest groups

Article 239 quater B

…interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not fall wi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-23-1

For public undertakings not covered by article L. 2233-1, orders issued by the ministers concerned specify the bodies called upon to give their opinion under the conditions set out in article R. 3142-…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline

Article L321-23-3

Decisions and precautionary measures taken pursuant to article L. 321-23-2 may be appealed to the Paris Court of Appeal. The appeal may be lodged with the first president of the said court, acting in…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-232-1

If a legal representative of a legal unit objects to this data being made available to the public for canvassing purposes pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the Europ…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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