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Showing 61516160 of 23298 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-10-1975

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Clearing houses

Article L762-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common section

Article A212-121

Candidates who obtain an average of 10 out of 20 or more in all the tests defined in article A. 212-120 are offered final admission to the examination for the common part of the third-degree state dip…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-21

Article L. 236-9 I is applicable to demergers carried out solely between sociétés par actions. Articles L. 236-10 and L. 236-11 are applicable to the demergers referred to in Article L. 236-20. Articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-9-2

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements of decisions taken by the Labour Inspectorate with regard to health and safety at work

Article L4752-2

Failure by the employer to comply with requests for checks, measurements or analyses made by the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 in application of Article L. 47…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Career development advice

Article L6111-6-1

The bodies responsible for professional development counselling share the data relating to their counselling activity under the conditions set out in article L. 6353-10. Those who do not fulfil this o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article R8113-3-1

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 124-8, L. 124-10, L. 124-13, L. 124-14 and the first paragraph of article L. 124-9 of the Education Code, the host organisation or educational esta…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-22

In the event of an appeal, an application may be made to the First President of the Court of Appeal for a stay of execution of decisions taken by the enforcement judge. The application is made by mean…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Early repayment

Article L313-47

The borrower may always, on his own initiative, repay in advance, in part or in full, the loans governed by sections 1 to 5 of this chapter. The loan agreement may prohibit repayments equal to or less…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-5

The communes whose inhabitants represent, in respect of one year, more than 1% of the parturients or more than 1% of the deceased in a public health establishment comprising a maternity unit and situa…

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