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Showing 17011710 of 33859 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 21-5-2014 n° 13-14.474

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-137

The person responsible for the nuclear activity must make a new declaration or submit a new application for registration or authorisation to the Nuclear Safety Authority before implementing the activi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-13

On pain of inadmissibility of the application for review, the following must be submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:1° A copy of the decisions referred to…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: THE LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EVALUATION OF STANDARDS

Article R1211-13

The eleven representatives of the State are appointed as follows, by order of the minister responsible for local and regional authorities, issued jointly with the minister concerned where applicable:1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-2

In the event of prosecution for a crime or for an offence mentioned in article 706-47, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13

The State approves structures that meet the criteria set out in article L. 5213-13-1 as adapted companies. It concludes multi-year contracts of objectives and resources with them, which are equivalent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-137

The division of a mortgage, in the case of the division of a building company or the sale of dwellings belonging to the same property complex (number 124 in table 5) gives rise to the levying of a fee…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to sub-contracts that have the nature of a sub-contract

Article L2393-13

…Law no. 75-1334…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-13

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, fines imposed in application of article L. 4741-12 may not result in the termination or suspension of the employment contract or in any financial los…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-13

Premises or locations reserved for the production, conversion or distribution of electricity, known as electrical service premises or locations, are designed and built in such a way as to ensure both:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-139

The labelling of self-vaccines for veterinary use and, where appropriate, the accompanying information sheet must include, in addition to the words: "self-vaccine for veterinary use" in clearly visibl…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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