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Showing 691700 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-19

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of this Part relating to the mayor and his deputies are also applicable to the deputy mayors and their deputies respectively. However, for the appli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-19

…ce does not comply with the regulations in force adopted pursuant to Book IV, the authorised agents may order that it be brought into conformity, within a period that they shall set.This bringing into…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-19

In the context of public orders, when default interest is not mandated at the same time as the principal, the latter being in an amount greater than a threshold set by regulation, the accounting offic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: The borough mayor and deputy mayors (R).

Article R2511-19

The five-day period within which, in accordance with the fifth paragraph of article L. 2511-25, the election of the district mayor and his deputies may be declared null and void for a period of twenty…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products presented as aiding diagnosis, prevention or treatment.

Article R5122-19

For a product mentioned in article L. 5122-14, the visa for advertising to the public mentioned in article L. 5122-8 is issued and may be suspended or withdrawn under the conditions set out in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-19

In temporary employment undertakings, the delegation hours used between two assignments, in accordance with the provisions of the agreement, by a temporary employee trade union delegate to exercise hi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R742-19

The liquidator is remunerated, subject to compliance with the provisions of Article R. 742-52, on realisable assets at a rate set by the order provided for in article R. 742-6.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L5215-19

The council of the urban community settles by its deliberations the affairs which are within the competence of the urban community.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-19

The provisions of articles R. 519-21, R. 519-22 and R. 519-23 apply when the customer or potential customer is a natural person.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-19

For the assessment of the condition of territorial presence provided for in article L. 4031-2, account is taken of the number of members up to date with their subscriptions according to the methods ad…

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