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Showing 611620 of 35981 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 18-4-1985 n° 84-10.083

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

I.-The fees of the statutory auditor are borne by the person or entity whose accounts it is responsible for certifying. These fees are set in accordance with procedures determined by decree in the Con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-18

If the beneficiary of the youth employment contract fails to fulfil his contractual obligations, the allowance referred to in article L. 5131-6 and, where applicable, the replacement income referred t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R2151-18

Any organisation that stores embryos and embryonic stem cells for research purposes must be able to certify that the consents referred to in Article R. 2151-4 have been obtained.Where embryonic stem c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Control of physical working environments.

Article R4724-18

Joint decrees by the ministers for labour and agriculture specify the accreditation conditions and methods to be used for measuring :1° Noise ;2° Mechanical vibrations ; 3° Artificial optical radiatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-18

I.-The Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) shall assess the level of effectiveness of the measures taken…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-18

The institution's expenditure includes: 1° Staff costs not covered by the State; 2° Operating costs; 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° In general, all expenditure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-18

In the event of the case being dropped or in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 45-17, a specific form is sent to the person to enable them to be reimbursed for their deposit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-18

In the event of a stoppage due to bad weather, employees who cannot be employed by their employer may be placed by their company at the disposal of public authorities to carry out work in the public i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-18

Failure by any training provider to conclude a contract with a natural person who undertakes training on an individual basis and at his own expense, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6353-3, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-18

The declaration of candidacies results from the filing of a list of candidates for each industrial tribunal by the representatives of the organisations to which seats have been allocated in applicatio…

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