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Showing 26012610 of 56772 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-1-2025 n° 23-18.643

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-10-1

I. - The Regional or Inter-Regional Council, under the supervision of the National Council, fulfils, at regional level, the general responsibilities of the Association as defined in article L. 4322-7.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…es titres d'indemnisation prioritaires et des titres d'indemnisation créés en application de la loi n° 78-1 du 2 janvier 1978 relative à l'indemnisation des français rapatriés d'outre-mer.21° Les avan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article R2231-1-1

I. - The deed provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2231-5-1 by which the parties may agree that part of the agreement need not be published as provided for in the first paragraph of the…

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

Article D3332-16-1

The annual statement of account sent to beneficiaries by the administrative account registrar, as provided for in article L. 3332-7-1, includes : 1° Identification of the company and the beneficiary;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article R. 1435-15-1

Before concluding a contract for the purpose of carrying out the tasks of monitoring the collection of healthcare quality and safety indicators referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 1435-7…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article R2223-103-1

I.-When 1° of II of article L. 2223-18-1-1, the crematorium operator shall pay the proceeds from the sale of metals recovered after cremation to one or more communes, which may only allocate the corre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article L123-11-1

Any legal entity is authorised to set up its registered office at the domicile of its legal representative and carry on business there, unless otherwise provided by law or contractual stipulations. Wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1-1

In the cases provided for in article 395, if there are sufficient charges against the person to bring him before the criminal court, but the case is not ready to be tried under the immediate appearanc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-12-1

By way of derogation from article L. 6222-12, any person aged between sixteen and twenty-nine, or who is at least fifteen and can prove that they have completed the first cycle of secondary education,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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