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Showing 47514760 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 Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for training initiatives to help employees adapt.

Article L5121-5

Companies without trade union representatives benefit from State aid when they apply a branch agreement or a professional agreement on employment which provides for this possibility and determines the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.

Article R123-50

Where the commercial activity within the jurisdiction of a court has ceased altogether as a result of its transfer to the jurisdiction of another court, the deregistration shall be effected automatica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of activity as a live performance entrepreneur

Article L7122-5

Live performance promoters who are nationals of a European country may establish themselves in order to carry out their activities in France without having to declare their activity, provided that the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Individual justification for medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-54

Whenever possible, the person requesting and performing a procedure involving exposure to ionising radiation should seek out relevant previous clinical information. They take this information into acc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-5

…ice of this profession is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided for in article 433-17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities may be held criminally liable for this offence, under…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-5

…fit-sharing are set out in Chapter I of Title IV of Book IV of the Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-947 of 26 November 1987 setting the conditions for application of Chapter I of Order no. 86-1134 of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Integration contract

Article R413-5

For the application of the last paragraph of article L. 413-5 if the foreign national has completed his or her education in a French secondary school abroad the latter must be on the list provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-5

…responsible for the operation and equipment of the schools and institutes mentioned in article L. 4383-3 when they are public. It may participate in the financing of the operation and equipment of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-519-1

…To special leave of absence in the cases and under the conditions provided for in 8° of article R. 6152-35 ; 2° Unpaid family solidarity leave under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-35-1 ; 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-6

The notification provided for in Article L. 214-24-22 shall be made as soon as possible and no later than ten business days from the date on which the AIF reaches or crosses, upwards or downwards, one…

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