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Showing 451460 of 24531 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 12-12-2012 n° 11-20.727

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-12

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 132-10 and R. 132-11, the regulation and management of the competitions mentioned in article R. 132-1 fall within the remit of the professional league.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-employment declaration.

Article L1221-12

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine :1° The conditions under which the pre-employment declaration is made ;2° The procedures for recovery of the penalty provided for in article L. 1221-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-12

The head of the user undertaking shall, at the request of the labour inspector, provide the latter with the names of the representatives of the external undertakings designated in accordance with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Types of practice.

Article L743-12

…essional non-trading companies or in the form of self-employed companies as provided for by the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérale…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-12

As an exception to the first paragraph of article R. 521-11, the registration takes effect for: -ten years for the preferential right of the seller of a business, the pledge of a business, maritime an…

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

Article L823-12

Any person who commits the offence defined in article L. 823-11 when the acts are committed in an organised gang shall be liable to ten years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-12

The following shall benefit from the appropriations of the Joint Fund in respect of the performance of the tasks referred to in Article L. 2135-11: 1° Employees' and employers' organisations that are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-12

Points are used up in accordance with the scale set out in article R. 4163-11 in increments of 10 points for the uses set out in 2° and 3° of this article and point by point for the use set out in 1°…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment of the subcontractor

Article R2193-12

The holder has a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt or the acknowledgement of receipt mentioned in article R. 2193-11 to give his agreement or notify a refusal, on the one hand, to the su…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-12

The information mentioned in article R. 1453-11 is made public on the single public website mentioned in I of article L. 1453-1 under the conditions set out in articles R. 1453-5 to R. 1453-7.

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