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Showing 30413050 of 47439 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-3-1997 n° 369

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-5

In the appendix to their annual financial statements, social benefit solidarity enterprises shall indicate the information attesting to compliance with the conditions applicable to them pursuant to I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-5

The following provisions apply to the category of miscellaneous advertising mentioned in Table 2 of Appendix 4-7: 1° The emolument relating to the deferral of registration by the registrar includes, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-6

I. - For offences for non-payment of tolls recorded by sworn agents of the operator of a motorway or road structure open to public traffic and subject to tolls, including in the context of Article L.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Advertising in international matters

Article 1303-5

Where a marriage contract has been made in France, the spouses or one of them shall send to the notary holding the record of the contract, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a copy…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions

Article L784-5

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions

Article L783-5

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Processing of personal data concerning health necessary for the adapted support of jobseekers with disabilities

Article D5312-52

I.-The persons designated and authorised for this purpose within: 1° Pôle emploi; 2° The specialised placement bodies mentioned in Article L. 5214-3-1 are authorised to record or consult the data in t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-5

The rights provided for in article L. 342-1 take effect upon completion of the manufacture of the database. They expire fifteen years after 1 January of the calendar year following that of such comple…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-5

The portfolio management companies referred to in Article L. 532-9, which provide the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 or register the units or shares of the undertakings for collec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article L312-50

The seller or service provider may not receive any payment from the purchaser in any form whatsoever, nor any deposit, in addition to the part of the price that the purchaser has agreed to pay in cash…

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