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Showing 66716680 of 26239 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-12-2009 n° 08-18.038

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-8

Carrying out an itinerant commercial or craft activity without the prior declaration provided for in article L. 123-29 of the French Commercial Code is punishable by the fine provided for 4th class co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-6

…l service or, where they are part of the local civil service, in application of Article 1 of decree n° 2001-623 of 12 July 2001 taken for the application of l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L774-14

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

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 10

…suance of the last work permit: \n\t\t\t-work permit corresponding to the position held (CERFA form n° 15187*01) or dematerialized work permit; \n\t\t\t-element of the employer's nominative social dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-8

The period mentioned in the fourth paragraph of II of article L. 236-9 is twenty days from the last insertion made pursuant to article R. 236-2 or, where applicable, the last publication provided for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special rules for supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article R332-63-1

Where, in the context of the transactions referred to in Article L. 143-1, the insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-30

…not exceed the threshold mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article 10 of the aforementioned law n° 2000-321.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Traffic routes and access

Article R4214-13

Articles R. 4214-9 to R. 4214-12 also apply to main thoroughfares on company premises, as well as to thoroughfares used for surveillance and regular maintenance of company facilities.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4361-16

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by hearing-aid practitioners whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4361-9.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of individual dosimetric monitoring results to the information and monitoring system for exposure to ionising radiation

Article R4451-66

The dosimetry organisation, the occupational health and prevention service, the medical biology laboratory and the occupational physician mentioned in Article R. 4451-65 transmit the results of indivi…

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