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Showing 23612370 of 35573 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 30-4-2003 n° 525

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-4

The representative of the Minister for the Economy referred to in article L. 432-4-1 is appointed by order of that Minister.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-42

A budget allocation to support local investment is instituted in favour of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status in metropolitan France and in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-4

I. - When one of the plasmas mentioned in Article L. 1223-3 is the subject of a reassessment mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 1221-8-2, the Director General of the Agence nationale de s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article A123-41

Notifications made to business formalities centres pursuant to article R. 123-83 specify the name of the person required to register, or the company name, the unique identification number, the date of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R366-4

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° With the exception of the first paragraph of article R. 313-3 and articles D. 312-3 and R. 343-31, the words "in France" are replaced by the words…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Limitation period for wrongful acts

Article R1332-4

The provisions of article R. 1332-3 apply to the two-month period provided for in article L. 1332-4.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: College of employees

Article R1441-4

For the industry, trade and commercial services, agriculture and miscellaneous activities sections, the votes cast in accordance with the distribution table defined in article R. 1423-4 are taken into…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Comité régional de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles (Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance)

Article L6123-4

The President of the Regional Council and the representative of the State in the region or, in Corsica, the President of the Executive Council and the representative of the State in the local authorit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: STAY IN FRANCE

Article R234-4

European Union citizens mentioned in 1° of article L. 233-1 who cease their professional activity on French territory acquire a right to permanent residence before the end of the uninterrupted five-ye…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-4

The contract concluded, in application of article L. 6154-4, between the practitioner and the director of the health care organisation specifies, in particular, the terms and conditions under which th…

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