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Showing 35613570 of 48687 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2011 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 October 1984 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 21 March 2000 · Cass. com. 12 December 1972 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 July 2010 n° 09-12.055

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-11

When a temporary residence permit bearing the words "seeking employment or setting up a business" is issued pursuant to 1° of article L. 422-10, its holder is authorised, during the period of validity…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-111

…has isothermal insulation such that the overall coefficient of heat transmission is no more than 0.7 watts per square metre per degree Kelvin. For an ambient temperature of 30° C, the burial compartm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for Social Dialogue.

Article R*2122-1

The High Council for Social Dialogue referred to in Article L. 2122-11 of the Labour Code comprises : 1° Five representatives of national and cross-industry employee trade union organisations and, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-15

…most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 4425-7, supplemented, for operations, by the operation number. The chapters entitled "Unforeseen expendit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Incapacity resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease.

Article L1226-11

If, at the end of a period of one month from the date of the medical examination to resume work, the employee declared unfit has not been reclassified within the company or if he has not been dismisse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-11

…ng is sent at least three clear days before the day of the meeting. In urgent cases, the time limit may be shortened by the mayor, but may not be less than one clear day. The mayor reports on this at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-11

Any sums held by a court-appointed administrator or judicial representative under an amicable settlement mandate shall be paid, upon receipt, into a deposit account at the Caisse des dépôts et consign…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R413-11

At the end of the prescribed training courses or at the end of the first year of language training, where this lasts for more than one year, the French Office for Immigration and Integration will give…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Banking Inclusion Observatory

Article R312-11

…for the Economy or the Minister for Social Affairs.On the proposal of its Chairman, the Observatory may hear any expert.In the event of a tied vote, the chairman has the casting vote.The Observatory's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-116

…al de l'Ordre or, in the case of the doctors, dental surgeons and midwives mentioned in article L. 4112-6, the authority to which they report, to implement the appropriate procedures, in particular by…

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