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Showing 40114020 of 57027 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 January 2017 n° 15-12.605 · Cass. com. 3 December 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 18 April 2019 n° 18-10.883 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 December 2000 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 February 2011 · Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2018 n° 17-17.438

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-50

…tive Board under the same conditions as the initial budget. Amending decisions must be voted before 31st December of the financial year to which they relate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-53

When the profit and loss account for one of the activities mentioned in 1° of article R. 6145-12 shows a deficit for three consecutive financial years, the continuation of the activity must be express…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-50

The result of the profit and loss account for each of the activities mentioned in 1° of Article R. 6145-12 is allocated, during the financial year following that to which it relates, in accordance wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-52

…of the ancillary forecast income statements of the services and activities mentioned in article R. 6145-12 are discontinued, the previous results of the income statements concerned are transferred to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R1261-5

Apart from the situations provided for in III and IV of article R. 1261-18, the medical teaching and research activities organised within the body reception structure of the establishment authorised i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment during school holidays

Article D4153-5

…es, age and place of residence of the person concerned; 2° The duration of the employment contract; 3° The nature and conditions of work envisaged; 4° The working hours; 5° The amount of remuneration;…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Disputes concerning transfer decisions to the State responsible for examining the application

Article L572-5

…he president of the administrative court, in accordance with the conditions laid down in article L. 614-5.However, if during the proceedings the foreign national is placed under house arrest pursuant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-5

The person responsible, as determined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, for placing on the market, fr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-5

…ional resides outside France. This condition does not apply:1° For the implementation of article L. 632-6;2° During the time when the foreign national is serving a fixed prison sentence in France;3° W…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-5

…for mayors of communes with at least 10,000 inhabitants and deputy mayors of communes with at least 30,000 inhabitants;2° To one hundred and twenty-two and a half hours for mayors of communes with few…

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