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Showing 15711580 of 19160 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25 February 2016

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-7

No variable remuneration is paid to the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L. 533-25 within an investment firm benefiting from exceptional public financial support. Variable remuneration paid t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-27-1

The first paragraph of article L. 3132-25-4 is applicable to employees deprived of Sunday rest pursuant to article L. 3132-26.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility

Article R2314-4

The decision of the labour inspector referred to in article L. 2314-25 may be appealed to the judicial court within fifteen days of its notification.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of the amount and duration of the allowance and payment of the allowance

Article D5424-75

The allowance for self-employed workers referred to in Article L. 5424-25 is awarded for a period of one hundred and eighty-two calendar days.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Association with the public hospital service

Article R6112-7

…rivate establishments authorised to carry out the care activity mentioned in 14° of article R. 6122-25 are associated with the public hospital service. An amendment to their multiannual contract of ob…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-21

…222-25. This amount is reduced by 25% for cinematographic works that are not in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-3

…pulsory for medicinal products on the list set out in Annex I to Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…ed for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1611-1 and L. 1611-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-2-1 the loi n° 2011-1978 du 28 décembre 2011 L. 1611-3 law no. 96-142 of 21 Fe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-5

…atory, in accordance with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/573 of 6 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article L4414-7

…00,000 F in 2001,146,351,040 euros in 2002,164,644,920 euros in 2003,182,938,800 euros from 2004 to 2016 and 212,938,800 euros in 2017 and subsequent years.

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