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Showing 52515260 of 27264 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-7-1992 n° 1258

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-7-1

In the event of an inspection, the reimbursements referred to in articles L. 6362-4 and L. 6362-6 are made within the period set for the interested party to submit his observations.Failing this, the i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decisions that may be taken at any stage of the procedure

Article R*721-3

The Minister of the Interior is competent to determine the country of removal in the event of compulsory enforcement in the following cases:1° When the foreign national, present on French territory, i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-75-3

Contracts containing arbitration clauses and compromises entered into by the network's institutions are communicated to the competent supervisory authority pursuant to Article R. 712-2. Where applicab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

…owing consultation of the automated processing of personal data covered by the article 31 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, selon les règles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-24-7

On pain of lapsing of the application raised ex officio, the summons shall be issued to the rapporteur general of the Competition Authority and, where applicable, to the respondent having asked the ra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-7

If it is shown to be impossible to appoint an authorised body in the department where the business is located, the prefect of that department, on receipt of an express detailed request, may exceptiona…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-18

The decision of the Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique is: 1° Notified to the applicant within a period of ten days from the date of the Commission meeting, either by administra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7-1

Where the inventor is a natural person who is not covered by Article L. 611-7 and who is hosted under an agreement by a public or private legal person carrying out research, the right to the industria…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 E bis

In the event of a change from the taxation system provided for in article 64 bis to an actual taxation system, the receivables shown in the opening balance sheet for the first financial year subject t…

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