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Showing 96219630 of 28926 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-11-2001 n° 97-22.231

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Personal activity account for self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed, their collaborating spouses and artists and authors

Article D5151-10-1

In accordance with article L. 5151-2 of the French Labour Code, a personal activity account is opened for any person subject to the contribution provided for in articles L. 6331-48, L. 6331-53 and L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Annual report

Article D5521-5

Expenditure on employment corresponds to the following actions:1° (Repealed) 2° (Repealed)3° (Repealed)4° (Repealed)5° The financing of job creation premiums ;6° (Repealed)7° (Repealed)8° The financin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

The certificate of extension of the examination of an application for first issue of a residence permit provided for in Articles L. 421-22, L. 421-23, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, L. 422-14, L. 423-1, L. 4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-12

The practitioner who meets the criteria mentioned in Article R. 2142-11 for carrying out the biological activities of preserving embryos with a view to their reception and implementation, mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L593-2

For the application of the provisions of this book to Saint-Martin: 1° With the exception of articles L. 511-7, L. 512-2, L. 520-1, L. 521-3, L. 521-14, L. 531-26 to L. 531-28, L. 531-30, L. 561-3, L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which any undertaking comprising at least one pharmaceutical establishment must be owned by a pharmacist or by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-6

Where a decision has been taken pursuant to Articles L. 430-5, L. 430-7, L. 430-7-1, L. 430-8 or L. 430-9, the Autorité de la concurrence or, as the case may be, the Minister responsible for the econo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L592-2

For the application of the provisions of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° With the exception of articles L. 511-7, L. 512-2, L. 520-1, L. 521-3, L. 521-14, L. 531-26 to L. 531-28, L. 531-30, L. 561-3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article L4414-4

…ff of police fines relating to road traffic, in accordance with article 96 of the 1971 Finance Act (n° 70-1199 du 21 décembre 1970).

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-9

…ent of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force in order to enforce the decision is…

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