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Showing 51915200 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Economic aid

Article R3231

The départements may award an operating grant to the local structures of representative trade union organisations which have legal personality and which carry out missions of general interest at dépar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-23

…affiliated to the general social security scheme. Pursuant toarticle 1 of decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplementary social security pension scheme for non-tenured State and loca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Payment in Treasury securities or claims on the State

Article 1716 A

…cable to securities delivered to creditors mentioned in Chapter I of Title IV of the law of 15 July 1970 who have lodged an objection in accordance with the requirements of Article 50 of the same law…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work

Article R1255-2

…yees of this company, to these public facilities, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 1251-24, this person will be punished by a fifth-class fine. A repeat offence under this article is punis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-15

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to night work set out in articles L. 3122-1 to L. 3122-24, L. 3163-1 and L. 3163-2 and the decrees issued for their application is punishable by a fifth-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds

Article L214-141

…nits or shares issued by such funds.By way of derogation from the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the regulations or articles of association of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article R7124-26

…ceive, for the effective performance of their duties, an allowance not exceeding the allowance that may be allocated to a member of the Council, as defined in article R. 7124-24, increased by a coeffi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-6

…n on a consolidated basis, intends to take one or more of the measures provided for in Articles L. 511-41-5 or L. 612-34-1 against the parent undertaking of a group, it shall notify its intentions to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

…of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the S…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…a European Certificate of Succession;- Articles 44 to 57 and 60 of Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/1103 of 24 June 2016 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of jurisdiction, applicable law,…

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