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Showing 30813090 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-7-1

The organisation of the ballots mentioned in articles R. 1213-2 to R. 1213-5 is not required if a single list of candidates, complying with the provisions of these articles and of article R. 1213-6, i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-7-1

…n undivided co-owner may be authorised by the courts, under the conditions set out in the articles 813-1 to 813-9, to carry out works to improve, rehabilitate and restore the property as well as to ca…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Sale by auction

Article L322-7-1

Any person sentenced to one of the additional penalties provided for in 2° of I of article 225-26 of the French Criminal Code, in 3° of IV and in the second paragraph of V of article L. 1337-4 of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-7

The conditions of application of this paragraph shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-7-1

Any person who contravenes the provisions of article L. 221-10-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Terms and conditions for funding social dialogue training by the Labour Relations Authority for employment platforms

Article R7343-72-1

…nses relating to the remuneration of training bodies providing the training mentioned in article R. 7343-72 are paid by the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi mentioned in articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-7-1

…sion as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in article L. 811-2. A natural person registered on this list may not employ more than two salaried court-appointed…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Exclusions at the discretion of the licensing authority

Article L3123-7-1

…ude from the procedure for awarding a concession contract those persons who, subject to article L. 225-102-4 of the French Commercial Code by virtue of the number of employees they employ, are unable…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Approval of inspection bodies

Article R232-71-1

The approval referred to in II of article L. 232-5 is issued by the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency) under conditions that it defines, relating in particular to t…

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