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Showing 77217730 of 27349 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 13-10-2021 n° 20-18.333

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23

The additional information entered in the single personnel register for each employee, as mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 1221-13, are as follows: 1° Nationality; 2° Date of birth; 3° S…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-18

The holder of the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1131-13 is required to declare to the competent regional health agency and to the Agence de la biomédecine, the names of the approved practiti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2422-1

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, Title I of Book II is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 2212-3, and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy and medical physics professions

Article L4422-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions of Book II of this Part shall apply in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands:- Title I, with the exception of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Conditions of eligibility for family reunification

Article R434-5

For the purposes of 2° of article L. 434-7, a dwelling is considered to be normal if it:1° Has a total living area of at least:a) in zones A bis and A: 22 m² for a household without children or two pe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-70

A local investment fund : 1° May not hold more than 35% of the capital or voting rights of any single issuer. However, due to the exercise of exchange, subscription or conversion rights and in the int…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-3

…or one of the prohibition or disqualification measures as provided for in Book VI of this Code, the n° 85-98 of 25 January 1985 relating to the receivership and liquidation of companies or the n° 67-5…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-26

For the application of the provisions of Article R. 69, an extract of the order or judgement of the judge or tribunal de l'application des peines or the president of the judicial court or the judge de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-9

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 626-20, L. 625-3, L. 625-4 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the French Labour Code are the territorial institutions resp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39-1

A member of the Enforcement Committee who, without prejudice to the cases provided for in Article 12 of the aforementioned Act of 20 January 2017, assumes that he or she is a ground for disqualificati…

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