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Showing 93619370 of 28926 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-11-2001 n° 97-22.231

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Voting

Article R7343-52

At the end of the electronic voting, the president and the assessors of the polling station, after having declared the ballot closed, proceed to the sealing of the electronic ballot box and the voters…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Voting

Article R7343-49

The electronic ballot box referred to in article R. 7343-37 contains data relating to votes cast electronically.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Voting

Article R7343-50

Before the electronic vote opens, separate, confidential and strictly personal decryption keys are given, in a sealed envelope, to three of the members of the polling station. Each key is allocated in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Appeal procedures

Article R7343-60

Appeals against the order issued in application of article L. 7343-3 are brought before the court designated byarticle R. 311-2 of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

The Legal and Administrative Information Directorate is responsible for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of regional health agencies

Article D1433-3

The National Steering Committee for the Regional Health Agencies makes recommendations to ensure that the distribution of the funding allocated to the agencies is consistent with the policies they are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article R653-3

When the court pronounces personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, it is mentioned in the notice of judgment that the procedure for obtaining relief from these sanction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L910-1

Articles:1° L. 125-3, L. 126-1 ;2° L. 225-245-1, L. 229-1 to L. 229-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5 and L. 252-1 to L. 252-13 ;3° L. 490-9;4° L. 522-1 to L. 522-40;4° bis. L. 621-4(last sentence of the first p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-6-1

The Corsican sustainable planning and development plan is subject to an environmental assessment under the conditions defined by chapter IV of the preliminary title of book I of the town planning code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-2

I.-In each department, the departmental prefect and the director general of the regional health agency draw up a protocol relating to the actions and services implemented by the agency on behalf of th…

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