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Showing 12911300 of 25349 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 16-11-2022 n° 21-18.527

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 11: Member of the board or administrator of a social security fund.

Article L2412-11

When an employee who is a member of the board or administrator of a social security fund has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inArti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-16

Without prejudice to the provisions which, pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-5

In the appendix to their annual financial statements, social benefit solidarity enterprises shall indicate the information attesting to compliance with the conditions applicable to them pursuant to I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-16

The following shall be determined, as necessary, by decree in the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which the additional information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation 2019/6 of 11 December…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-16

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 H

For the application of articles 1609 nonies C, 1636 B sexies, 1636 B decies, 1638-0 bis, 1638 and 1638 quater to communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax sy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect

Article R3132-16

The extension authorisations referred to in Article L. 3132-23 are granted in accordance with the procedures set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 3132-21. The opinions mentioned in the first p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-4

The one-month extension of the presumption mentioned in article R. 211-16 applies to the certificate. The one-month extension of the presumption mentioned in article R. 211-16 does not apply to the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-16

The authorisation holder shall inform the Director General of the Agency of the commencement of the activity covered by the authorisation. He shall also inform him of the definitive cessation of this…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Advance payments

Article R2391-16

The provisions of articles R. 2191-20 and R. 2191-21 apply.

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