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Showing 24212430 of 21317 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 13 January 1993

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Seizures notified to public accountants

Article R143-3

Subject to the provisions of article 6-1 of decree no. 93-977 of 31 July 1993 relating to seizures and assignments notified to public accountants and postal cheque centres or the Caisse Nationale d'Ép…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-9

…sers or artists are extended by a period equal to that which elapsed between 3 September 1939 and 1 January 1948, for all works published before that date and not in the public domain by 13 August 194…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph, the provisions of Article L. 5124-13 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of the project owner.

Article R4532-4

…the preliminary design phase, within the meaning of article 4 of decree no. 93-1268 of 29 November 1993 relating to project management assignments entrusted by public contracting authorities to priva…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article L5842-16

…n French Polynesia" are added.III. - For the application of in article L. 5212-17, the words: "of 6 January 1988, the date of publication of law no. 88-13 of 5 January 1988 improving decentralisation"…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Vb: Tax on the sale for valuable consideration of bare land that has been made buildable

Article 1605 nonies

…land or rights relating to bare land made constructible as a result of their classification, after 13 January 2010, by a local town planning plan or by another town planning document in lieu thereof,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Vocational training and apprenticeships (R).

Article R1614-10

…he conditions under which the region, pursuant to article L. 1614-7 and of Article 50 of Law no. 93-1313 of 20 December 1993 on work, employment and vocational training, is required to continue compil…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-3

…on of the commission set up by article L. 1614-3, based on the expenditure incurred by the State in 1993 for the actions mentioned in article R. 4332-4, after deduction of Community aid allocated to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to documents and information

Article D3171-15

The documents mentioned in articles D. 3171-7 to D. 3171-13 may be in electronic format where equivalent control guarantees are maintained. In the event of automated processing of nominative data, the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

I.-Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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