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Showing 411420 of 49463 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25-2-1975

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-251

Directors and the Chief Executive Officer shall be liable individually or jointly and severally, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties, either for infringements of the legislative or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-25

On expiry of the time limit laid down in the preceding article, the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority shall decide on the application. He m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article L7125-25

The time of absence provided for in articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2 is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining entitlement to social benefits.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

The application provided for in Article R. 5121-21 must be accompanied by a dossier containing the following information and documents, updated as necessary, presented in accordance with the order ref…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article L2123-25

The time of absence provided for in articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4 is deemed to be equivalent to actual working time for the purposes of determining entitlement to social benefits.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-25

As soon as the end-of-assignment report of the judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2, the court clerk shall send the debtor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees and representation on outside bodies

Article L7122-25

The Assembly of French Guyana appoints its members or delegates to sit on external bodies in the cases and under the conditions laid down by the provisions governing these bodies, taking into account…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-25

At the end of the hearing, and if the decision is not handed down immediately, the chairman shall inform the parties of the date on which the judgment will be delivered, where appropriate by making it…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259 A

As an exception to Article 259, the place of supply of the following services is located in France:1° The hiring of means of transport:a) Where they are of short duration and the means of transport is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees and representation in outside bodies

Article L7222-25

The Martinique Assembly appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions laid down by the provisions governing these bodies, taking into account the pri…

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