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Showing 57315740 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-3

…ion of a new commune, the provisions of Article L. 541-3 of the Education Code and the article L. 229-25 of the Environment Code do not apply to this new commune unless they were applicable, on the da…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-8

…olution procedure against this person or the group to which it belongs pursuant to Articles L. 613-49 or L. 613-49-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R* 712-8

The decisions mentioned in articles R. 712-6 and R. 712-7 are tacitly approved by the supervisory authority on expiry of a period of two months from the date of receipt by the supervisory authority of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-8

…the duties of a volunteer firefighter during duty time, except in the cases provided for by law no. 96-370 of 3 May 1996 relating to the development of volunteering in the fire brigades. Territorial c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-8-2

I.-The visual assessment and prescription referred to in 1° of Article L. 4342-1 may be carried out by an orthoptist for patients aged between 16 and 42 who do not present any of the contraindications…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R6341-24-8

The following are revalued on 1st April each year by application of the coefficient mentioned inarticle L. 161-25 of the Social Security Code : 1° The amounts paid as remuneration for the training per…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L3123-9-2

…year at most. It cannot be combined with those provided for under articles L. 2123-11-2 and L. 4135-9-2. From the seventh month following the start of payment of the allowance, the rate mentioned in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L4135-9-2

…year at most. It cannot be combined with those provided for under articles L. 2123-11-2 and L. 3123-9-2. From the seventh month following the start of payment of the allowance, the rate mentioned in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-2

…e prefect, a file describing the training and organisation arrangements provided for in article R. 49-8-1. This file includes the following information: 1° The name of the organisation or person provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-3

…pricing and its development; 4° Compliance of personal data processing with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals wi…

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