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Showing 34213430 of 49463 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25-2-1975

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-26

The employees of Caisse des dépôts et consignations are accountable to Caisse des dépôts et consignations for the income and expenditure entrusted to them by Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article D522-2

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall make the notification provided for in the second paragraph of 1° of I of Article L. 522-13 within one month. II -The Autorité de contrôle…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ALLOWANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article D553-24

Payment of the allowance ceases in the following cases:1° At the end of the periods provided for in article L. 551-13, under the conditions provided for in the same article;2° When the foreign nationa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article A210-2

The independent third-party body issues a reasoned opinion which includes the following: 1° Proof of its accreditation; 2° the objectives and scope of the audit; 3° The steps taken by the auditor, men…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-21

It may also take place in the following cases1° If the ship is unseaworthy and if it has not been possible to start transporting the goods by any means of transport within three months;2° No news of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-21

If the agreement on objectives and resources referred to in article L. 6332-2 is not concluded, the expenditure referred to in article R. 6332-17 may not exceed the minimum amount referred to in the t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-22

The sole trader is a natural person who carries on one or more independent professional activities in his own name.The assets, rights, obligations and securities which he holds and which are useful fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Abolition of the committee.

Article L2345-2

Where a group of undertakings has set up a European Works Council, the agreement referred to in Article L. 2342-2 or an agreement reached within the group may decide to abolish the Group Works Council…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3214-2

The departmental council, unless it has delegated its competence to the president, pursuant to article L. 3211-2, awards and withdraws grants maintained from departmental funds, on the reasoned advice…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Register of security interests and other related transactions

Article R521-2

The register governed by this chapter ensures the publication:1° Pledges without dispossession with the exception of the pledges mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 2338 of the Civil Code;2°…

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