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Showing 161170 of 43485 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 3-12-1980 n° 79-14.132

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795 B

Free transfer duty is waived on State land and property assets that the State transfers, in full ownership, to a public land institution as part of operations to requalify run-down condominiums of nat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 798-1

Any person whose conviction has been the subject of a legal pardon pursuant to the provisions of the Criminal Code may request, in accordance with the procedure and terms laid down in this chapter, th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R123-79

The powers relating to the supervision of the trade and companies register and related disputes, provided for in Article L. 123-6, are exercised, for legal entities that are not merchants within the m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-79

In the exercise of the powers provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article 706-25-16, the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court shall appoint the penitentiary integration and p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-79

Investments for the purpose of building, renovating, restructuring or making accessible as provided for in articles L. 111-7 to L. 111-7-4 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation for the ben…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sole subsection: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-79

In the absence of the agreement mentioned inarticle L. 3142-129, the employee informs the employer by any means giving a date certain of his intention to continue or to terminate his employment contra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-79

All deliberations at the meeting give rise to the drawing up of minutes signed by the members present, which contain, in particular, the date and place of the meeting, the items on the agenda, the ide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scaffolding

Article R4323-79

Sufficient safe means of access are provided between the various scaffolding decks.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control of occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-79

The results of the measurements and the technical inspection reports are communicated by the employer to the occupational physician and to the social and economic committee.They are kept at the dispos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work platforms.

Article R4534-79

Work platform guardrails are securely fixed to the inside of the uprights.

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