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Showing 60416050 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6371-3

The Consultative Commission for the Assessment of Charges for Saint-Martin is chaired by the President of the Territorial Audit Chamber or his representative, who can only be a magistrate from the Cha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L3332-3

Revenue from the investment section consists in particular of:1° Proceeds from borrowings;2° repealed;3° The departmental investment support grant;4° The departmental equipment grant for collèges;5° P…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

I.-As an exception to the last paragraph ofarticle L. 8241-1 and under the conditions set out in this article, a company may make its employees available on a temporary basis to a young company or a s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-3

I. - The Departmental or Inter-Departmental Council of the College of Nurses, under the supervision of the National Council, carries out the duties defined in article L. 4312-2 at departmental level.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes

Article A822-34

The Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes draws up a list of sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes which mentions the following informati…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 ter

I. - For the purposes of this section, the requesting Member State means the Member State of the European Union which makes a request for assistance and the requested Member State means the Member Sta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-3

The Agency is administered by a Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Executive Officer.In addition to its Chairman, the Board of Directors of the Agency is made up of:1° A majority of representat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-38

The creation by Pôle emploi of an automated processing system for personal data called "Information system concerning jobseekers and employees" is hereby authorised. Its purpose is to 1° Information,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Fees levied on the issue, renewal and supply of duplicates of residence permits and travel documents for foreign minors

Article L436-3

The issue, renewal and supply of duplicates of travel documents issued to foreign minors on the basis of article L. 414-4 give rise to the collection, of a fee of 50 euros.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment of receivables, leases and mortgages

Article L2232-3

Leasing contracts may be used to finance investments. In this case, the contract must include clauses to protect the requirements of the public service.

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