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Showing 31913200 of 58479 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-1-1987 n° 85-14.930

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-72

At the entrance to the premises where the public is received to make a request for maintenance or repair of equipment mentioned in Article R. 224-70, the professional, mentioned in Article L. 224-113,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-7

The sums which could not be distributed due to the rules defined in articles L. 3324-5 and L. 3324-6 are immediately distributed among all the employees and, where applicable, the beneficiaries referr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions

Article R751-7

Halves of the committee are elected every three years.The chairman and the two vice-chairmen are elected at the first meeting of the committee after the end of the appointments following the partial r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76-3

The judicial police officer or, under his supervision, the judicial police agent may, for the needs of the investigation, under the conditions provided for in article 76, have recourse to the operatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L1225-70

Any agreement contrary to Articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and L. 1225-35 to L. 1225-69, relating to maternity, paternity, adoption and the education of children, is null and void.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-7

As stated in article 511- 26 of the French Penal Code, attempts to commit the offences provided for in articles L. 2162- 1, L. 2162- 2 and L. 2163- 6 are punishable by the same penalties.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-7

The Citizen Commitment Account records the voluntary activities of its holder. It enables the holder to acquire :1° Rights to the personal training account in respect of these activities;2° Days of le…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88

For the application of articles 63,77 and 154, if the requirements of the investigation or inquiry relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-73 requires it, a person's po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Internal rules of the establishment.

Article R1112-77

The establishment's internal rules provided for in 13° of Article L. 6143-1 may specify the procedures for applying this section. They may also include the information set out in the order provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guiana

Article L7124-7

Article L. 7125-1, the first and last paragraphs of article L. 7125-22 and Article L. 7125-33 are applicable to the president, vice-presidents and members of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultu…

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