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Showing 451460 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-24

…the elements of the application for authorisation or for the opinion defined in II of article R. 2324-18 as well as those in I of article R. 2324-19, or to one of the mentions in the authorisation or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-24

…f the Chairman or Vice-Chairman called upon to chair the meeting of the Judicial Council, the chair may be exercised by a councillor belonging to the assembly to which the defaulting Chairman or Vice-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-24

…ee in each region, in which each of the candidate trade union organisations in the region concerned may participate.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific procedures for group actions in the field of competition

Article L623-24

…de or Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the professional may only be held liable in the context of the action mentioned in Article L. 623-1 only on the basis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Registration, amendment, deletion and filing requirements

Article R123-240

…ed, any person referred to in article L. 123-36 or any third party legally or judicially authorised may request: 1° An amending entry in the National Register of Companies within one month of the even…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Special arrangements for staff of companies providing catering or sleeping accommodation on trains.

Article R221-24

…eight day period is set by company agreement under conditions laid down by decree. These rest days may be given on a day other than Sunday. However, full-time drivers are entitled to at least two res…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-24

No one may be naturalised unless they can prove that they are assimilated into the French community, in particular through sufficient knowledge, depending on their condition, of the French language, h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-24

…is to defend or assist students and pupils of educational establishments who are victims of hazing may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in the sect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Settlement of transfers by the Commission (R)

Article R1425-24

…for inter-communal cooperation and the departmental fire and rescue service concerned. The parties may submit any comments to the prefect in writing within two months of the date of transmission of t…

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

Article R2221-24

…supply contracts are subject to the rules applicable to municipal contracts.The Board of Directors may delegate authority either to the Director in the case of a public service authority responsible…

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