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Showing 22512260 of 20648 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 16 July 1998 – no. 96-18404

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L774-26

…olumn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-6 Law no. 2013-10…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-14

…nd mentioned in the first paragraph may delegate the management functions mentioned in articles L. 4163-15, L. 4163-16 and L. 4163-18 by agreement. The term "managing body" referred to in Articles L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Decentralised organisation of metropolitan services

Article L5218-3

The Metropolitan Council will deliberate on the territorial organisation of its services by 1 July 2022 at the latest.The Metropolitan Council will deliberate on the territorial organisation of its se…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article L312-17

In the event of a conviction for one of the offences mentioned in articles L. 312-14 to L. 312-16, the court may prohibit the organisation of public sporting events in the enclosure. Provisional enfor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-18

…départements in that region under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article L. 3334-16, the distribution is made in accordance with the terms below. The regional prefect chooses, from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 136

Failure to comply with the formalities prescribed for appearance warrants, committal warrants, detention warrants, arrest warrants and search warrants may give rise to disciplinary sanctions against t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dosimetric monitoring management

Article R4451-107

I.-In the event that one of the reference levels mentioned in Article R. 4451-11 has been exceeded, the employer shall inform the worker concerned without delay. II -Where a worker's exposure exceeds…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-1

…is examination and the identification of a person by genetic fingerprinting are subject to articles 16-10 to 16-13 of the Civil Code, in particular to the terms and conditions of consent by this perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 783

…tions provided for in this Title. In all cases, it produces the effects provided for in Article 133-16 of the Criminal Code. However, when the pardon is granted by the investigating chamber, the secon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-2-6

…e L. 225-1-1" are replaced by the words: "the social security fund mentioned in article 22 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, d…

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