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Showing 58215830 of 44539 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-11-2021 n° 20-20.219

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration

Article R7124-33

In the cases set out in 3° and 4° of article R. 7124-23, the notification specifies the fraction of remuneration allocated to the constitution of the lump sum. This notification recalls the obligation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-32

The number of consular delegates is set, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 713-12, by prefectoral order. The distribution of delegates between the categories corresponding respectively t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

A redundancy for economic reasons is a redundancy carried out by an employer for one or more reasons not inherent in the person of the employee, resulting from the elimination or transformation of a j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out doorstep selling

Article L341-3

Only the following may use or engage in the activity of banking or financial canvassing, within the limits of the specific provisions governing them: 1° Credit institutions or finance companies as def…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-3

I.-The solvency margin referred to in Article L. 334-1 is made up, after deduction of losses, the portion of acquisition costs not recognised as a representation of regulated commitments and other int…

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

Article 312-17

Aid is awarded in the form of a grant, the amount of which is set as follows:1° For concept aid for fiction projects, the amount of aid is set at €7,500;2° For concept aid for animation projects, the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

In this Code : 1° "Home Member State" means : a) in the case of non-life insurance, the Member State of the European Union in which the head office of the insurance undertaking covering the risk is si…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-32

Successive holders of securities created by a credit institution or finance company pursuant to Articles L. 313-30 and L. 313-31 benefit from the rights provided for in respect of endorsement by Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-34

As from the date on which the deposit slips are made available to the financing institution and for the duration of that period, the credit institution or finance company may not, unless otherwise sti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L313-35

A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the terms and conditions for the application of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-34.

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