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Showing 99619970 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-1

…or by the Agence nationale de la recherche (National Research Agency) referred to in article L. 329-1 of the Research Code, or by the Banque publique d'investissement (Public Investment Bank) referr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-1

…d dismissal. It is sent electronically in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 112-9 to R. 112-9-2 of the Code of relations between the public and the administration or by registered…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage is less than six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-14

…of subsidies for each repair operation according to the maximum rates mentioned in article R. 1613-9. If the sum of grants that may be awarded to local authorities or groupings exceeds the total amou…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II: CATEGORIES OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article L420-1

…with article L. 237-1, the provisions of articles L. 424-1 to L. 424-4, L. 424-6, L. 424-7, L. 424-9 to L. 424-13, L. 424-15 and L. 424-16 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is gover…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-4

…ies are further advised that they must, where applicable, comply with the provisions of Article 126-9.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-11

…by order of the Minister for Sport from among the members mentioned in 3° and 4° of article D. 112-9, with the exception of the President of the Steering Committee who is ex officio Vice-President of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-11

…ackaged natural mineral water and where the result of the verification mentioned in article R. 1322-9 is in compliance, the Prefect sends a copy of the operating authorisation order to the Minister fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-12

…5-7 ; 2° Long-term care units; 3° The training schools and institutes mentioned in articles L. 4151-9, L. 4244-1 and L. 4383-5 ; 4° Establishments and services providing accommodation for the elderly,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-18

Pôle emploi may, if the debtor does not dispute the undue nature of the payment, recover the undue payments referred to in Article L. 5426-8-1 by deduction from future benefits, up to a limit of 20% o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Special provisions for the preparation, distribution and administration of advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis as part of the same medical procedure as the removal of the tissues or autologous cells used in their composition.

Article R4211-51-1

I.-In accordance with the provisions of II of Article L. 4211-9-1, an establishment or organisation authorised under this section may have the preparation and distribution of an individually prepared…

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