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Showing 52715280 of 24542 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-10-1975 n° 74-11.752

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-18

…where applicable, staff made available to the institution pursuant to V of l'article 43 de la loi n° 2014-1545 du 20 décembre 2014 relative à la simplification de la vie des entreprises et, le cas é…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L773-26

I-Subject to the provisions set out in II, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L774-26

I-Subject to the provisions set out in II, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-30

Approval may be withdrawn in the manner and after the consultations provided for in articles R. 5213-27 and R. 5213-28. The managing institution is then given the opportunity to present its observatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R2223-66

Any contravention of the provisions of article L. 2223-4, of the articles R. 2213-2-1 to R. 2213-42, R. 2213-44 to R. 2213-46, R. 2223-74 to R. 2223-79 and Article R. 2223-89 is punishable by the pena…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-78

The contract includes: 1° The information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74; 2° Where applicable, changes made to the same information in accordance with the provisions of article L. 224-7…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article R1611-37

The Consultative Commission on the Financial Liability of Local Authorities, referred to in III of Article L. 1611-10, includes:1° Two members of the Conseil d'Etat, including the chairman of the comm…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4 : The impossibility for French nationals established outside France to celebrate their marriage abroad

Article 171-9

As an exception to articles 74 and 165, where the future spouses of the same sex, at least one of whom has French nationality, have their domicile or residence in a country that does not authorise mar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Mutual insurance companies.

Article A322-6

In addition to the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article R. 322-74, the certificate referred to in Article R. 322-75 must contain the following information a) On the front:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-35

The payment of contributions made by the employer in application of article D. 7121-44 exempts him from the payment of the compensatory leave indemnity, provided for in article L. 3141-28, in the even…

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