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Showing 791800 of 32340 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-5-1976

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-111

Aid for future employment may be granted to the following employers: 1° Private not-for-profit organisations; 2° Local authorities and groups of local authorities; 3° Other legal entities governed by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-11

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, shall lay down the terms and conditions for the application of this section.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-118

In accordance with the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a société civile de placement immobilier may transfer its assets and liabilities by way of demerger to undertakings for col…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate.

Article L2143-11

The trade union delegate's term of office ends no later than the first round of elections to the staff representative institution that renews the institution whose election recognised the representati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-12

An application for the protection order to be lifted or modified or for temporary dispensation from certain of its obligations, as well as an application for the order to be revoked or for new measure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Allocation of hearing duties among the citizen assessors

Article R2-11

In accordance with the provisions of Article 10-7, the first president of the court of appeal and the president of the judicial tribunal decide by order on the distribution of the service of hearings…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-11

For each room with specific pollution, ventilation is provided and its flow rate determined according to the nature and quantity of the pollutants and, where applicable, the quantity of heat to be rem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-111

The employer, the head of the external company or the self-employed worker shall, where appropriate, set up a radiation protection organisation when the nature and extent of the risk of exposure of wo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting

Article A713-11

Voting envelopes, as provided for in I of Article R. 713-17, shall measure 110 mm × 220 mm and comply with the specifications set out in Annex 7.2 to this book. They may include additional wording. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-110

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may grant the guarantees referred to in article L. 211-38 under the conditions defined in that same article and under the following additional cond…

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