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Showing 31813190 of 35376 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-4-2009 n° 08-13.308

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of transport costs

Article R6341-49

Trainees whose remuneration is paid by the State or the region are entitled to reimbursement of the transport costs incurred in connection with travel undertaken for the purposes of the training cours…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article L211-40-1

Article 1195 of the Civil Code does not apply to obligations arising from transactions in the securities and financial contracts referred to in I to III of Article L. 211-1 of this Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement and the main agreement

Article L341-44-1

Failure by the lender to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles L. 313-30 to L. 313-32 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a le…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

The investigating chamber before which the requested person has appeared shall hear any request from the competent authorities of the issuing Member State to consent to prosecution or to the enforceme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-40

If a cheque is lost, the person to whom it belongs may pursue payment from a second, third, fourth, etc. cheque. If the person who lost the cheque cannot represent the second, third, fourth, etc., he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-4

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 1225-28, the words: "defined in the first paragraph of article L. 331-6 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "either between the birth o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-4

Information shall mean information provided by the management body of the European Company to the body representing the employees on matters which either concern the European Company itself and any su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article R228-45

Notifications of non-voting preference shareholders' meetings are made under the conditions provided for in articles R. 225-62, R. 225-63, R. 225-65 to R. 225-69 and, where applicable, R. 225-70. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-4

When the statutory auditor implements the warning procedure provided for in Article L. 612-3, the provisions of articles R. 234-1 et seq if the legal person has a collegiate body responsible for admin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-49

If the mandataire ad hoc, conciliator or expert considers in the course of his mission that the maximum amount of remuneration set by the order appointing him is insufficient, he shall inform the pres…

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