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Showing 67616770 of 26007 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-10-2020 n° 19-20.443

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single sub-section: Conditions for holding office as a member of the trade union council.

Article R5212-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sole sub-section: Conditions for holding office as a member of the council of a communauté de communes.

Article R5214-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3334-1

The départements receive a flat-rate allocation, an equalisation allocation and a compensation allocation. All of these sums evolve in the same way as the overall operating allocation distributed.In 2…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-2

The recipients of the personal data referred to in articles D. 1441-22-2, D. 1441-22-3 and D. 1441-22-4 are as follows: I. - For the appointment of labour tribunal members: 1° Officials of the Directo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-18

The right to object provided for in article 38 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne s'applique pas au traitement automatisé.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Decisions on placement under electronic surveillance, modification or withdrawal of the measure

Article R57-16

When deciding to place the person under electronic surveillance, the competent magistrate shall notify them of the periods and places of assignment as well as the obligations resulting from the provis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-16

The calculation of the sums due to the beneficiaries is forwarded by the academic services to the departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance responsible for paying the main…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Approval of professional associations

Article A512-9

The file provided for in Article R. 513-24 includes: 1° Information relating to the representativeness requirement referred to in Article R. 513-22: a) The number of insurance brokers and agents who a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R152-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless other…

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