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Showing 8190 of 37731 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-4-1991 n° 725

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-4

I.-Any company which employs, at the close of two consecutive financial years, at least five thousand employees within itself and in its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered office is loca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Initial training

Article D1442-10-4

At the end of the training, the Ecole nationale de la magistrature will issue the labour court judge with an individual training certificate, subject to attendance.This certificate is given by the Con…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-4

Prior to the expiry of the appeal period or, in the event of an appeal, prior to the decision of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique, planning permission may not be granted or con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-10

In specific cases of Community interest, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail or the applicant shall refer the matter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-109-4

The holder of the authorisation ensures that patients are diagnosed and treated on a permanent basis, in liaison with the emergency medicine structures mentioned in article R. 6123-1, including via te…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-10

In application of the provisions of article L. 5132-15-1, the diagnosis of the situation of persons likely to benefit from working less than twenty hours establishes that their particularly serious di…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10-4

Where such conduct does not constitute Tampering, an Athlete or other Person shall not: a) intimidate or threaten any person with a view to dissuading that person from communicating in good faith to t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-4

The jury checks that the organisation and conduct of the certification tests comply with the regulations governing the diploma or complementary certificate and their implementation as authorised by th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-4

The depositary of a UCITS governed by French law has its registered office or is established in France.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-4

The electoral list is drawn up by the competent state authority. Voters are registered in two colleges, a "managerial" college and a "non-managerial" college, on the basis of information relating to m…

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