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Showing 18311840 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4412-18

Where the technical and organisational measures provided for in Article R. 4412-17 are not feasible in view of the nature of the activity, the employer shall take, in order of priority, the necessary…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Permanent rules

Article 1511

I.-Where the assessment rates referred to in article 1510 have not been set by the departmental commission provided for in article 1651, the mayor, duly authorised by the municipal council, is entitle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Sales in shops or factory depots.

Article R310-18

…ng part of his production directly to the public under one of the names mentioned in Article L. 310-4, shall make available to the officials authorised to carry out inspections any document proving th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Control consultation and other common provisions

Article R2212-18

A consultation to monitor and verify the termination of the pregnancy: 1° Is carried out at least fourteen days and at most twenty-one days following the voluntary termination of pregnancy by medicati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-18

The person concerned is notified of the reasoned decision by the regional director of Pôle emploi to cease registration on the jobseekers' list or to change category. Any person wishing to contest the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-35-4

The controller of connection data requests or, where applicable, his deputy, receive an allowance the amount of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for the economy, the budget and the c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Exit

Article R552-15

For the application of the first paragraph of article L. 552-15, if a person remains in the accommodation after the date mentioned in article R. 552-12 or, where applicable, after the expiry of the pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-18

The court shall give notice of the deadlines and remissions accepted by the creditors under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 626-5 and in Article L. 626-6. These deadl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-4

The notification referred to in Article D. 214-32-7-1 shall be made as soon as possible and no later than ten working days after the acquisition of control.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-18

The emolument provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 663-18 for the benefit of the judicial representative for the whole of the safeguard or receivership proceedings (number 1 of Table 4-3)…

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