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Showing 511520 of 51862 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 8-2-2024 n° 22-22.301

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-22

For the application of the provisions of Article 712-9, if the sentenced person has not made a declaration of address to the sentence enforcement judge, the address in the proceedings file is deemed t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The consultation procedure provided for in Article L. 752-4

Article R752-22

The municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation must deliberate within one month of receiving the application for planning permission. Within…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Retraining for work

Article R5213-22

The purpose of the retraining provided for in Article L. 5213-5 is to enable an employee who has had to interrupt his or her professional activity as a result of illness or accident to return to work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-22

Expenditure and revenue transactions in the first two sections of the Pôle emploi budget are presented in third-party accounts. The agreements relating to the mandates entrusted to Pôle emploi define…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-22

When the confiscation of a business is ordered by a criminal court pursuant to the articles 225-16, 225-19 and 225-22 of the criminal code and 706-39 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the State must…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

An employee of the company may only be appointed as a director if his employment contract corresponds to actual employment. He shall not lose the benefit of such employment contract. Any appointment m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-22

Where it is necessary to consult both the central social and economic committee and one or more establishment social and economic committees, an agreement may define the order and deadlines in which t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-22

In situations of vital urgency and in the absence of therapeutic alternatives, the doctor may also waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14. An order by the Ministe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-22

The legal representative of an régie is either the director in the case of an régie responsible for the operation of a public service of an industrial and commercial nature, or the chairman of the boa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Training costs

Article R2315-22

Expenditure on remuneration of training organisations and travel and subsistence expenses incurred by trainees cannot be deducted from the contribution to the development of continuing vocational trai…

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