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Showing 23512360 of 49641 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 24-2-1976 n° 333

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Requests for information on certain employment aid schemes

Article R5112-23

The Prefect will give a reasoned decision on any request from an employer for information on the application to his situation of the provisions relating to the measures to promote employment listed in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 218

One spouse may give a mandate to the other to represent him or her in the exercise of the powers conferred on him or her by the matrimonial property regime. In all cases, they may freely revoke this m…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-25

If the liberty and custody judge has not given a ruling before the expiry of the fourteen-day period provided for in article R. 3131-24, the quarantine or isolation measure is released at the end of t…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 225

The decision ordering the enquiry shall specify whether it will take place before the trial panel, before a member of that panel or, if necessary, before any other judge of the court.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L917-2

…s private-law staff and public-law staff, including those subject to the status provided for by loi n° 52-1311 du 10 décembre 1952 relative à l'établissement obligatoire d'un statut du personnel admin…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-23

…so applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-26 as it read prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, when the municipal coun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-26

The Social and Economic Committee gives its opinion on applications for authorisation made to the administrative authority in application of articles L. 3121-24 and L. 3121-25. This opinion is forward…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-27

I.-In the event of non-compliance with the Solvency Capital Requirement of a subsidiary referred to in Article R. 356-24 and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 352-7, the Autorité de co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2025

Without prejudice to the rights of the settlor's creditors holding a right of resale attached to a security published prior to the trust agreement and excluding cases of fraud on the rights of the set…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT TO STAY ON FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L542-2

Notwithstanding Article L. 542-1, the right to remain on French territory ends:1° As soon as the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons has taken the following decisions:a)…

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