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Showing 48014810 of 23897 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 21-11-1974 n° 73-12.925

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-5

The provisions contained in articles 19-3 and 19-4 are not applicable to children born in France to diplomatic agents or career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…ICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 222-1 to L. 222-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 222-7 and L. 222-8 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-75

In the case of small immediate packaging other than ampoules containing only one dose of use and on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5141-74, the inform…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

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…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article R341-5

Independently of offences relating to the conservation of the public domain, which remain subject to the "contravention de grande voirie" system, breaches of the provisions of the mooring regulations…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…e adaptations provided for in II to XVIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2123-1La loi n° 2022-217 du 21 février 2022 relative à la différenciation, la décentralisation, la déconcentratio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Openings, mutations and transfers

Article R3335-15

The Préfet de département or, in Paris, the Préfet de police or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, the Préfet de police des Bouches-du-Rhône may determine by decree, in certain communes and with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-5

The time of absence provided for in articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2 is treated as an actual period of work for the purposes of determining the period of paid leave as well as with regard to all rights…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-1

The employer is required to allow any employee of his company who is an advisor to the assembly of French Guyana the time necessary to travel to and participate in:1° To the plenary sessions of the as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-8

Civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the General Civil Service Regulations are, at their request, placed on secondment to carry out one of the mandates mentioned in article L. 7125-7.

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