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Showing 15011510 of 56566 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-1-1989 n° 87-12.720

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

I.-Statutory auditors are prohibited from accepting an engagement to certify the accounts of a public interest entity if, during the financial year preceding that for which the accounts are to be cert…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-11

Articles L. 422-7 to L. 422-10 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia. For the application of article L. 422-7 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Pol…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1233-11

Independently of the authorisation provided for in article R. 1233-2, health establishments wishing to carry out organ procurement as referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 1232-4-1, shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-11

When the inspection of labour legislation has been entrusted, in a section, to a labour inspector, the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment : 1° Designates o…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-116

The granting of aid is the subject of two decisions:1° A provisional decision accepting the principle of granting aid. In order to obtain this decision, the application must be submitted by the delega…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-11

The decisions of the sentence enforcement judge and the sentence enforcement court may be appealed by the sentenced person, by the public prosecutor and by the public prosecutor, as from their notific…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1148-2

As soon as a minor child expresses his or her wish to be heard by the judge under the conditions provided for in article 388-1 of the Civil Code, the court may be seised in accordance with the procedu…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing of the insurance allowance.

Article L5422-11

The insurance allowance may be financed by flat-rate contributions payable by the employer at the end of an employment contract whose duration qualifies for the allowance. These flat-rate contribution…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Principles and means of prevention

Article R4412-111

The employer shall ensure that the collective protection and personal protection equipment is maintained and renewed in such a way as to guarantee the lowest possible level of dust for the duration of…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Educational and financial report.

Article L6352-11

Each year, a person who carries out actions falling within the scope of vocational training defined in article L. 6313-1 sends the administrative authority a document showing the use of the sums recei…

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