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Showing 25412550 of 21317 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 13 January 1993

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company agreements

Article L2232-38

…lidity of an inter-company agreement is assessed in accordance with articles L. 2232-12 and L. 2232-13. The 30% and 50% rates mentioned in the same articles are assessed at the level of all the undert…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other missions of general interest and other activities

Article L141-8

…France employees and any other person holding customer accounts at the Banque de France on 6 August 1993; 7. Any other body or person expressly authorised by decision of the General Council to open an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-33

…racts entered into by the State and a small or medium-sized enterprise mentioned in article R. 2151-13, this rate is 3%.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of owners of all or part of built-up buildings with regard to detection

Article R1334-16

…nd products on list B containing asbestos, in order to draw up the report required under article L. 1334-13 in the event of sale.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-16

…e proportion of the municipality's land territory included in the heart of the national park on 1st January of the year preceding the year of allocation; 3° Membership of the national park charter is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L774-14

…ntences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 518-2-1 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 518-3 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 518-4 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 20…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…paragraphs of Article L. 2122-5 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 2122-5-2 law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 L. 2122-6 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 2122-7 law no. 2007-128 of 31 January 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-2

…2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 712-2 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 and, from 1 January 2018, from the law no. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 L. 712-3 and L. 712-5 à L. 712-9 Result…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-27

…rejudice to the provisions of the last paragraph of I of article 9 bis of the aforementioned Act of 13 July 1983, any disputes regarding the validity of the electoral process shall be referred to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-79

…e removal tax and the fee provided for in article L. 2333-77.This abolition takes effect:- from 1st January of the year in which the decision was made if this decision was made before 1st March;- from…

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